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TIL the 1988 film “Midnight Run” had three TV Movie sequels in which none of the original cast appeared.

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ADdLB TIL about the Oka Crisis, when the Mohawk community of Kanesatake, joined by natives from other communities in Canada and the United States, rebelled against an attempt by the local Canadian government to build a golf course over sacred Mohawk land.
bQj TIL that four fans on low speed will produce more cooling than one set on high and still use a lot less energy.
gMY54 TIL that during the filming of The Return of the Jedi, Jabba the Hutt was performed by as many as 7 crew members simultaneously, and was one of the more expensive practical effects in the original Star Wars Trilogy.
9YVQG TIL that the distinctive nose of the Shinkansen 500 bullet train prevents sonic booms whenever it exits a tunnel and was discovered when scientists studied the shape of a kingfisher's beak to learn how it hit the water at high speed
8v8K TIL in 1897, a newlywed woman was found dead in her home. Although her death was attributed to natural causes, her mother’s insistence that she had been visited by the woman’s ghost compelled authorities to reopen the case, at which time an autopsy revealed the woman had suffered a broken neck.