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TIL that during the filming of the 2004 “The Passion Of Christ”, the actor playing Jesus was struck by lightning. Twice.

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NX6w8 TIL: The man suspected of killing Ernesto Miranda, after whom Miranda rights are named, invoked his Miranda rights and refused to talk to police. The suspect was released and never charged with Miranda’s murder.
5VAbr TIL that after the Allies invaded North Africa in WW2, the Germans planned to use the powerful French navy to counterattack. The occupied French responded by scuttling their own fleet, destroying 77 ships and damaging many more. Ships burned for days, and the harbor was heavily polluted for years.
lvgG TIL that CIA agents in Milan botched an operation in 2003 because they gave hotels frequent flier numbers so they could earn miles during their stay in Milan
GrOJ TIL the irish Peter O'Connor at the flag-raising ceremony in the 1906 olympics, in protest at the flying of the Union Flag for his second place, scaled a flagpole in the middle of the field and waved the Irish flag, while the pole was guarded by Irish and American athletes and supporters.
BgRky TIL about HPPD, an un-treatable, non-psychotic disorder in which a person experiences apparent lasting or persistent visual hallucinations or perceptual distortions after a previous use of psychedelic drugs