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TIL that Sam Rockwell copied everything he did in Galaxy Quest from Bill Paxton in Aliens.

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QLg6 TIL that since the 19th century, western music has had a ‘Pitch Shift’ - in effect, a C in Mozart’s day was half of a semitone lower than a C is today - and all music today is sharper than several composers wrote it.
PYMbL TIL one of the last types of steam locomotive was maintained while the boiler was still in steam, by men in asbestos clothes entering the 220°F firebox and repairing the engine, while it was still under pressure. This was done to reduce downtime and allow a 6-day-a-week schedule.
Y79mA TIL about a children's game called Snapdragon were kids pulled raisins out of alcohol fire
YpEAP TIL Jane Kuria and 2 of her 3 children were beaten to death (the son survived) in their home in Boston. They were a family from Kenya who were fleeing female genital mutilation and they were at the time embroiled in the appeals process of asylum. Noone knows who did it.
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