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TIL from 1957 Christopher Lee was known for roles in horror films, playing Dracula many times, Frankenstein's monster, and the Mummy. Lee tired of playing Dracula but felt obliged to continue as the films were sold on his participation - people would be out of work if the films weren't made

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jdon TIL a mile in America is about 3.2 millimetres longer than in the rest of the world.
9Y8d7 TIL that during the 1946 election for sheriff in Athens, Tennessee a deputy refused to let an elderly black man vote. When the man dropped his ballot and ran, the deputy shot him in the back. This catalyst led to WWII veterans laying siege on the officers holed up in a prison.
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