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69XLl TIL A live-action pilot of King of the Hill's Monsignor Martinez was filmed but never aired because FOX didn't think it would have been a good idea to have a show about a Catholic priest shooting people.
BryXW TIL when shooting Lincoln, John Wilkes Booth timed his shot so that the noise would be masked by the audience’s laughter. Being an actor, he knew the play Lincoln was watching by heart. Lincoln was laughing when shot.
a8NgN TIL: The East India Company's trade in Indian potassium nitre became a significant factor in its economic and military dominance, influencing global power dynamics.
rR0KW TIL that the rate at which we process visual information slows down over time, and this is what makes time ‘speed up’ as we grow older.
5YJgn TIL a mere 12,000 years ago, a species closely related to the modern humans had been living on an Indonesian island. They used fire and stone tools of the sophisticated upper paleolithic tradition, yet were only about 3.5 feet tall and weighed around 25kg (55lb).