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TIL in 1911, physicist George de Hevesy suspected his landlady was bulking up his meals with leftovers; he proved it by sprinkling radioactive material over his dinner and detecting it in the next day’s portion

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6E6n7 TIL When Disney released “Fantasia 2000” it was the first feature length animated film to be shown in IMAX. IMAX had to agree to Disney’s screening terms, and since the California Science Center in LA did not, Disney built their own IMAX theater for the film’s 4mo run. Then demolished it afterward.
v1lrD TIL that Keanu Reeves earned $400,000,000 from The Matrix movies.
mwrx TIL when asked about the attack on pearl harbour in 1941 Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamatoto said “I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve”
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