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TIL Easter will be on April Fool’s Day in 2018

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l811 TIL that despite approaching 90, Sir Christopher Lee (AKA Dracula, Saruman and Count Dooku) released a critically acclaimed metal album, resulting in a “Spirit of Metal” award in 2010
VM17p TIL that 25% of all known animals are beetles.
ADQKn TIL of Baji Rout, a 12 year old boatman shot dead by British Police in 1938, when he refused to ferry them across a river to quell a protest. He is regarded as youngest martyr of India's freedom struggle.
mxEAP TIL that in 1704, George Psalmanazar, who claimed to be from Taiwan, published a book in Britain about Taiwanese customs. As nothing was known about Taiwan in Europe at the time, his claims (such as that if a Taiwanese woman cheated on her husband, he could legally eat her) were widely believed.
rwJ0 TIL Marilyn Manson was the director’s choice to play Willy Wonka in the 2005 remake “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” but had scheduling conflicts. Johnny Depp got the part instead.