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TIL Roy Batty’s “Tears in the Rain” speech has been described by many as the best death soliloquy in cinematic history.

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99gM TIL During World War II, an RAF gunner Nicholas Alkemade fell through 18,000 feet without a parachute and survived without injuries. He was captured by the Germans, who issued him a commemorative certificate for his miraculous survival after verifying the details of his ‘story’.
Me80 TIL in 1778, Thomas Jefferson authored a bill that would change the penalty for rape or sodomy from death, to castration.
JYo71 TIL Christopher Nolan turned down an offer to direct Troy, instead opting to direct The Dark Knight Trilogy
6gE8 TIL there are “cancer villages” in China, where residents are hundreds of times more susceptible to cancer due to pollution.
0YEv TIL The USA’s anthem is just different lyrics set to the music of an old British drinking song.