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TIL Kaiser Wilhelm II had a series of birth defects, most notably a withered left arm. Treatments for his arm include: salt water sprays, cold compression, electric shocks, stretching, and putting the arm into a fresh animal carcass (Queen Victoria thought this was a bad idea).

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95dB TIL there have been an estimated 638 attempts to assassinate Fidel Castro by the United States, including poisoned cigars, infected scuba equipment, a pen rigged with a hypodermic needle containing poison, etc. He stated “if surviving assassination attempts was an Olympic event, I’d win gold”
DQ7nV TIL that within five years of Dr. Seuss’ death, his widow sold Seuss’ theme park rights to Universal Studios; multimedia rights to Living Books; and film rights to Steven Spielberg. Jim Henson’s son remarked that her business practices were over-saturating the market.
EKpX TIL that John Lennon delighted in mocking his manager, Epstein, for his homosexuality and for the fact that he was Jewish.
VVd8 TIL that in 1990 the US Ambassador to Iraq was threatened with execution if he was harbouring Americans he responded with a press conference; where he wore a noose while declaring “If the choice is to allow American citizens to be taken hostage or to be executed, I will bring my own fucking rope"
DQpjP TIL: Bruce Willis had a top 5 pop music hit in 1987. "Respect Yourself" was a duet with Willis and June Pointer featuring background vocals by the Pointer Sisters,