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TIL that the Boeing factory in Washington is so big that when it was first built clouds formed near the ceiling.

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MG6A TIL the fuzzy bit on a boom microphone is actually called a “Dead Cat.”
kBy7 TIL Mary Gibbs (voice of Boo in Monsters INC) was too young to sit to record her lines so they followed her around with a mic.
bnkp TIL Wu-Tang Clan has an ASL translator that goes to all their shows.
Rbaw TIL the estimated cost of the steel to build the Death Star is $852,000,000,000,000,000
jKnM TIL in 1896 Auburn ROTC cadets greased the skids of a railway track before a football game. The train with the incoming team couldn’t stop and slid halfway to the next town, forcing them to walk 5 miles to the game and possibly contributing to their 45-0 loss.