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TIL that Bela Lugosi modeled the Chernabog in the Night on Bald Mountain segment in Disney’s Fantasia

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kOJwE In this episode of Today I Learned, National Geographic Emerging Explorer Paula Kahumbu explains how elephants' surprising fear of bees is actually helping to protect them.
aGN TIL Howard Tracy Hall created the first synthetic diamond in the ‘50s. He worked for GE, who made a fortune off his work. They rewarded him with a $10 bond.
Lwe9 TIL German poet “Heinrich Heine” left his entire estate to his wife, but with one condition: she had to remarry “because then there will be at least one man to regret my death.”
yboX TIL in a study to improve hospital design for children, researchers polled 250 children regarding their opinions on clowns; every single one reported disliking or fearing them.
VB4w8 TIL as an April Fool's Day prank in 1980, the BBC said that Big Ben was going to be replaced with a digital display and renamed 'Digital Dave'.