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TIL Coco Chanel was an anti-semite and stole the firm Chanel Perfumes from the Jewish owners while they were being slaughtered by the Nazis.

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eJWg TIL Nikola Tesla created the first logic gate in 1898 when he created the first remote controlled vehicle, over 50 years before Walther Bothe won the Nobel Peace Prize for it. He reportedly told onlookers multiple times it was simple science beforehand so that they would not think it witchcraft.
5vlB TIL that Jurassic Park’s visual effects were so groundbreaking to filmmakers that it inspired George Lucas to start working on the Star Wars prequels, Stanley Kubrick to invest in pet project, A.I Artificial Intelligence, and Peter Jackson to work on Lord of the Rings.
XPnP TIL the film Who Framed Roger Rabbit? was based on a mystery novel Who Censored Roger Rabbit? In the novel, the mystery is Roger’s death.
VMKD TIL that in Islamic Art, prophets look like they are on fire - flames are used instead of the ring halos in Western art.
9yLm TIL that a homeless man in Canada turned in $2000 he found on the street; when a blogger raised over $5000 in donations for the man, he turned it down, and wanted it donated to charity instead