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TIL that director Oliver Stone was high on mushrooms during the filming of Natural Born Killers.

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KOr19 TIL Honda holds a patent for an 11-speed triple-clutch automatic transmission.
awO00 TIL that public guillotine executions in France were stopped after someone recorded the execution of convicted murderer Eugene Weidmann.
R5w4w TIL that the first recorded person to fly was Yuan Huangtou, a Chinese former prince who was forced to participate in an experiment in 559 CE with other prisoners in which he was strapped to a kite and flown off a 33 meter tall tower. He was the only survivor and flew 2.5 km.
x6KZw TIL that Sharbat Gula, the "Afghan girl" whose eyes captured the world, sees a new life and finds a new voice in Italy
ADKga TIL a Florida woman used the Pizza Hut app to get police help. Her boyfriend held her hostage with her children, and took her phone away. She convinced him to let her use the phone to order a pizza; she put in the comments: "Please help. Get 911 to me." Police arrived; the boyfriend was arrested.