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TIL that Stephen King bought the van that hit and nearly killed him, for $1500 to prevent fans from buying it, and he announced that he was ‘going to take a sledgehammer and beat it’.

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RNM1 TIL at the night of 9/11, Iranians held vigils for the victims of WTC bombings
0NvL TIL that Janissaries would place spoons on their hats in order to symbolize “The Brotherhood of the Spoon”. It was meant to further emphasize that Janissaries would live, eat, and fight together.
N7e6e TIL Socrates condemned the use of the written word because he thought it would cause people to be forgetful.
LQYR9 TIL that Nazi commander Dirlewanger's troops performed experiments on Polish citizens that resulted in their deaths, then their corposes were cut into small pieces, mixed with horsemeat, and boiled into soap. Dirlewanger was described as "perhaps the most sadistic of all commanders of World War II".
lxnB TIL that Sean Connery turned down the Gandalf role in Lord of the Rings. “I read the book. I read the script. I saw the movie. I still don’t understand it.”