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TIL Film/TV director David Fincher has also directed many award winning music videos (including Madonna’s Vogue)

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1Gn4 TIL that in many South Park episodes A-star celebrities star in non-speaking roles. Jerry Seinfeld once offered to lend his voice for an episode, but declined to appear when he was only offered the role as “Turkey #2”.
dD9ZK TIL Santa Anna introduced chewing gum to the US during his exile from Mexico
l4GN TIL in 1939 German health establishments were told to survey their patients for certain conditions. Believing it a prelude to a labor draft many overstated their patient’s disabilities hoping to protect them. It was really part of Aktion T4, a eugenics-based murder scheme with a 5-figure body count.
X01vj TIL that in 2006 the Red Cross replaced the Heimlich Maneuver with back blows and ab thrusts, which are safer and better.
nVYP TIL A monkey hung himself with a gibbet of his making after witnessing many public executions and then examining a hangman’s noose.