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TIL that Madame Tussaud's skill at making wax replicas of people is what saved her from the French Revolution's Guillotine.

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R50x8 TIL Mario Puzo, the author of the Godfather books and the film adaptations, lacked experience in screenwriting. After winning two Oscars, he purchased a book on screenwriting to educate himself and found an intriguing piece of advice in the first chapter: "Study Godfather I"
owdr TIL that rats in New York City carry numerous diseases, in a sample of 133 rats, scientists discovered 18 different viruses known to infect humans. In fact, scientists even discovered some viruses that were previously unknown to have existed.
B5xy TIL There was a 20 year patent on mini games during loading screens that recently expired last year. This is why all loading screens aren’t interactive and usually only contain flavour or lore text.
E1oaV TIL that having an especially judgemental attitude towards one’s inner experience can be the result of mental illness like depression and anxiety or even uncontrollable outburst of anger (Barcaccia et al., 2019; Barlow, Durand, & Hoffman, 2017).
698Om TIL the Music Group Jethro Thull was named after a Eighteen Century British Agriculturist who invented the seed drill