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TIL many of the accient Greek and Roman statues were painted

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m1WRY TIL in order to end the My Lai Massacre, Hugh Thompson Jr. landed his helicopter between civilians and advancing American troops, ordering his own men to fire on any troops that would attack civilians. He was condemned and ostracized by the US military, government, and public.
D10Me TIL that when the chief model maker for Thomas the Tank Engine left his rock band in 1970, he was replaced by Freddie Mercury and his former band became Queen
p7xQ TIL in 525 BC, in the battle of Pelusium the Persians brought cats with them when attacking Egypt, some of them using the cats as shields. Knowing that its forbidden to harm a cat in Egypt. The Egyptions afraid of hurting the cats surrendered to the Persians
waM1 TIL: Adobe is developing audio-editing software that, when combined with new facial reenactment/manipulation software, can essentially allow anyone on the Internet to create realistic video of anyone saying anything.
KOn9J TIL in 2015 German Actor Rainer Bock guest starred in an episode of "Homeland" titled 'Better Call Saul'; 3yrs later he had a recurring role for 6 episodes on the TV Show "Better Call Saul"