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1,500 feet
The approximate length of the ticket line for 'Dune: Part Three' at one New York AMC -- roughly five football fields of moviegoers, some arriving at midnight. It's a 1990s-style throwback for a box office where blockbuster tickets are usually a few taps on a phone.
Source: Business Insider
Today: It's National Aviation Day, the annual observance timed to Orville Wright's birthday celebrating American flight.
Today: The Duane 'Keffe D' Davis murder trial holds another day of proceedings in Las Vegas, following opening statements delivered Monday.
- 1839France presents the daguerreotype photography process as a gift 'free to the world'
- 1871Aviation pioneer Orville Wright is born in Dayton, Ohio
- 1909The first race is held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway
- 1960Soviet dogs Belka and Strelka become the first animals to orbit Earth and return safely
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