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TIL that prop material from David Lynch's Dune (1984) was reused in a raunchy mexican comedy film about two astronauts landing in a planet inhabited solely by women, called “Two trashy guys on the planet of women” (Dune was shot at Estudios Churubusco in Mexico)

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o8PE TIL in 1962 the USS Independence encountered the Italian ship Amerigo Vespucci, the former asked “who are you?”, after it received an answer, the American ship declared “You’re the most beautiful ship in the world”
LkLQ0 TIL Guinness records are set by people who apply for them, the company doesn't "seek out" new potential record holders
4X8GX TIL in 2003 there was a tv show called “There’s something about Miriam” that featured six men wooing 21-year-old Mexican model Miriam without revealing that she was a pre-operative trans woman until the final episode.
XE8Q8 TIL the modern air conditioner was invented by Willis Carrier not to cool people, but to reduce damaging humidity in a print shop.
DQnBg TIL that the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortes had lost much of his veteran forces (who knew how to fight the Aztecs) and was in a desperate situation, when smallpox began to turn the tide in his favour by killing many fit young Aztec soldiers and hitting the Aztec hierarchy hard.