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TIL: The whole world is connected with undersea fiber optic cables (man-made)

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EaY7 TIL the Church of Scientology maintains a building surrounded by razor wire to house church prisoners in their sprawling Californian complex and because of religious exemptions the state has been unable to interfere.
xrlD TIL that the horse head used in The Godfather was a real horse head, not a prop. John Marley was not informed beforehand, so his scream was authentic, not scripted.
KOdXB TIL of “The New Shadow” - a supposed sequel to LOTR that told of the reign of Aragorn’s descendant, men turning back to evil, and a plot to oust the king of Gondor. Tolkien quickly abandoned it after writing only 13 pages.
a8G0o TIL KitKat filling is made from broken KitKats
PvPJ TIL the Ferraris in the show Magnum P.I. had to be specially modified to accommodate for Tom Selleck standing at 6'4". The seats were bolted as far away from the steering wheel as possible, the padding was removed, and they also had to drive with the roof down all the time.