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TIL that John Williams, the legend film composer (Star Wars, Indiana Jones) had problems with the musical timings in E.T.’s BMX chase scene. Steven Spielberg told him to record the music just as he wanted, he then edited the chase sequence around Willams’s Oscar winning soundtrack.

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p8oG TIL that when you type mistakes you unconsciously use slightly less pressure than when you are typing correct strokes.
gDyD TIL for over 200 years, Martha’s Vineyard had a very high percentage of deaf citizens due to the founder effect. Virtually everyone was fluent in sign language and deafness was not a social barrier. Martha’s Vineyard sign language went extinct in 1952.
bGpp TIL Albert Einstein once received a letter from a girl lamenting that she couldn’t be scientist because of her gender. He responded, “I do not mind that you are a girl, but the main thing is that you yourself do not mind. There is no reason for it.”
78GAP TIL that "degloving" is the term used for when the skin is pulled from the hand, like taking off a glove of human skin usually but not always through industrial accident. This can sometimes be put back on, again like a glove. (Gore and detailed photo, do not look if this may upset you)
R7oa6 TIL Marie Curie's belongings will be radioactive for another 1,500 years and all guests are expected to sign a liability waiver and wear protective gear to get access as the items are contaminated with radium 226. Her body is also radioactive and was placed in a coffin lined with lead.