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TIL that in order for Voldemort’s name to spell out to “Je Suis Voldemort” in the French translations of Harry Potter, they had to make his middle name ‘Elvis’

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OGg1g TIL The Emperor of Japan during WWII, Hirohito officially boycotted going to Yasukuni Shrine after finding out that war criminals were inshrined there. This “boycott” has been continued by every subsequent Emperor & royal family member.
P1bmg TIL about the Mossdale Caverns tragedy. A party of ten went into it, and four of them left after three hours. When one of the four returned and found the entrance flooded, she alerted rescuers, but the water made entry impossible. Five were found dead the next day and the sixth the day after.
D1xEY TIL that Charles J. Guiteau, the assassin of former U.S. President James A. Garfield, specifically chose to use a revolver with an ivory handle because he wanted it to look good as a museum exhibit after the assassination.
mM1x TIL JJ Abrams was going to go to Film School but went to an academic college on his father’s advice, “it’s more important that you go off and learn what to make movies about than how to make movies.”
VMkAp TIL there is a museum in Sweden, called 'The Museum of Failure', that collects and showcases failed products and services.