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TIL Japan's first prime minister, Ito Hirobumi- who was a great proponent of learning from/building ties with the West- ironically began his political career as the young samurai who burnt the British Legation in Tokyo in 1863. That same year, Japanese modernizers sent Ito to study in the London.

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9176 TIL in 1924, The New York Times published an article entitled “Hitler Tamed By Prison” following Hitler’s release from prison. In it, they state: “It is believed he [Hitler] will retire to private life and return to Austria”
4GmR TIL: High IQ does not necessarily mean high job performance. Emotional intelligence (EI/ EQ) has shown to be a better indicator of job success.
PYyQe TIL that during the tablecloth scene from the Grinch, Jim Carrey was supposed to pull everything off of the table, but he accidentally pulled the tablecloth clean off without knocking anything over, so he went back and improvised knocking everything down.
X0ppk TIL In preparation for his role as “Bill the Butcher” in Gangs of New York (2002), Daniel Day-Lewis would often pick fights with strangers on the streets of Rome where the movie was filmed. The method acting, Day-Lewis said was “not so good for my physical or mental health”
M7YNa TIL nacreous clouds, also known as polar stratospheric clouds, are often visible in polar regions during winter. These rare clouds form at high altitudes in the stratosphere, about 15 - 25 km above the Earth, their stunning colors are caused by the diffraction of sunlight through tiny ice crystals.