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  1. TIL that Pink Floyd's The Wall is implied to be an endless loop. The final song, Outside the Wall, ends with the words "Isn't this where...", and the album begins with the words "... we came in?" with a continuation of the melody of the last song, hinting at the cyclical nature of Water's theme.

    109399 upvotes • 2611 comments • mar 05, 2019

  2. IT WAS THAT SIMPLE!

    97188 upvotes • 4259 comments • mar 05, 2019

  3. You don’t live this long without feeling a little bit lucky

    96134 upvotes • 2256 comments • mar 05, 2019

  4. TIL that Schwarzenegger faked interest in the movie "Stop Or My Mom Will Shoot" to trick Stallone into starring in it. Stallone later called the movie "maybe one of the worst films in the entire solar system, including alien productions we’ve never seen."

    91713 upvotes • 1763 comments • mar 05, 2019

  5. Should we tell them?

    86701 upvotes • 3946 comments • mar 05, 2019

  6. Should we tell them?

    83981 upvotes • 2975 comments • mar 05, 2019

  7. A buddy was tired of seeing Americans with Chinese tattoos, so he showed her what it looks to a Chinese person.

    82809 upvotes • 3392 comments • mar 05, 2019

  8. Hydrophobic mirror

    82722 upvotes • 1579 comments • mar 05, 2019

  9. TIL When his eight years as President of the United States ended on January 20, 1953, private citizen Harry Truman took the train home to Independence, Missouri, mingling with other passengers along the way. He had no secret service protection. His only income was an Army pension.

    73672 upvotes • 2485 comments • mar 05, 2019

  10. TIL The star wars theme was written purposely on the same key as the 20th Century Fox fanfare (that used to appear before the movie started) so that there will be a continuous feeling and a smooth entry to the film for the viewers.

    70489 upvotes • 971 comments • mar 05, 2019