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TIL The difference between “Who” and “Whom” is the difference between “he” and “him” in the answer.

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vPYBD TIL that in the 1970 film Waterloo, to recreate the battle sequences, production hired 17,000 members of the Soviet Army and trained them in 1815 battle formations.
V0k4 TIL that Kris Draper, retired NHL player, was traded for one US dollar to The Detroit Red Wings. He later went on to win 4 Stanley Cups.
R5jJ8 TIL There's a type of horse racing in Japan that uses a large draft horse called Ban'ei.
ne1Kb TIL FOIA requests reveal that the US Government has had a hand in the production of thousands of hours of entertainment in the last few decades including many feature films such as those in the Marvel franchise. They have insisted on edits to scripts which portray the government in a negative light.
xB1D TIL that an asystole (flat line on a heart monitor) is not a shockable rhythm because there is no electrical activity in the heart for a cardiovert to work with. So every time you see a doctor/nurse/medic shock a flatline in the movies, it’s all for dramatic affect, not realism.