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TIL the first photo of a black hole was taken in 1992

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KLrQ TIL that during the filming The Princess Bride, the actor playing Count Rugen (Christopher Guest) inadvertently knocked Cary Elwes out when he tapped him on the head to hard with the butt of his sword. The scene of Westley falling to the ground unconscious is real. (Video clip in Comments)
9YejM TIL Saudia Arabia accidentally printed thousands of textbooks containing an image of Yoda sitting next to King Faisal while he signed the 1945 UN charter
QJbQE TIL since human civilization, 83% of wild mammals, 80% of marine mammals, 50% of plants and 15% of fish have vanished. Mammal biomass is 60% livestock, 36% is human, and only 4% wild. 70% of birds are domestic.
9AEQ TIL Tolstoy was an adamant vegetarian. In one instance his aunt requested chicken for dinner. When arriving at the table, she found a live chicken tied to her chair, and a butcher knife on her placemat.
GZ4N TIL Angelina Jolie sold the first pictures of her biological children for a total of 23.7 million dollars. She donated it all to charity.