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TIL that Florence Lawrence is considered to be the first movie star, becoming nationally recognized before actors were ever credited in film

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j6p5j TIL that C. S. Lewis' first two names were Clive Staples
Yp4Yx TIL in 2006, a British man had a life-threatening illness, and thought he was about to die. He called his wife and confessed to having an affair with her best friend. He survived, and in 2010, she murdered him at their home. She was arrеstеd, and eventually sentenced to 582 days for manslaughter
W64A TIL - On 9/22/1979 there was an unidentified nuclear explosion in the Indian Ocean, and it is known as the Vela Incident
WkpeA TIL of the Refrigerator Mother Theory - in the 1950's, it was thought autism was caused by a lack of maternal warmth
R5Lrl TIL there were Greek Buddhist monks long before there were Thai, Tibetan, Chinese or Japanese Buddhist monks.