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TIL that the 1991 film The Silence of the Lambs is actually a sequel, with the first in the Hannibal Lector series being Manhunter from 1986.

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QJEbe TIL Cuba Gooding Jr.’s first movie role was the non-speaking role of the guy getting the haircut in the barbershop in “Coming to America”.
8eXpL TIL that a very bright Pulsar, NGC 5907 X-1 was discovered on February 21, 2017. For the time, it broke two records, brightest, and farthest.
aGl0 TIL that due to differences between speed of sound and speed of radio signals you can hear the Big Ben chime faster on a FM radio rather than standing in front of it in real life.
OoGPg TIL: On Dec. 25th, 1914, the first year of WW1 - Germans v British - Both sides crawled out of their trenches and met half way to play an innocent Christmas game of football/soccer as a display of truce. Germans beat the British 3-2 before resuming fighting the next day.
mwQP TIL: In the Norse myth Þrymskviða, Thor and Loki crossdress as wedding brides to retrieve the stolen Mjöllnir. The thieves got suspicious when the “ladies” ate everything in sight.