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TIL The movie “Interstellar” used no greenscreens.

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Vxxp TIL during Rolling Stones concerts, Keith Richards would help build elebarate speaker systems on stage, so he would have a secret place to snort pharmaceutical cocaine…“one bump, one song”
Pwjw TIL in 1991 Maurice Krafft, a french Volcanologist, was filmed saying “I am never afraid because I have seen so many eruptions in 23 years that even if I die tomorrow, I don’t care”. He was killed during an eruption the very next day alongside his wife on Mt. Unzen in Japan.
0d0g1 TIL that in 1952, the United States Air Force airlifted more than 3500 pilgrims from Lebanon to Jeddah to complete their hajj, after airlines at Beirut couldn't hand the surge of passengers.
X05rR TIL that in Vermont, an apple pie is legally required to be served with a glass of cold milk, a slice of half an ounce of cheddar cheese, or vanilla ice cream.
ADoPo TIL Star Trek's training exercise Kobayashi Maru has been used by computer security educators to teach students to think like an adversary, that by stepping outside the rules of the game one can redefine the game, and why you should teach your students to cheat.