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TIL of the Imperial Boomerang, which theorizes that governments that use repressive techniques to subdue colonies will inevitably end up using those same techniques against their own citizens.

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yggl TIL that in ‘The Godfather’, McCluskey’s shooting was done by building a fake forehead on top of actor Sterling Hayden. A gap was cut in the middle, filled with fake blood, and was bunged up with prosthetic flesh. The plug was yanked out with fishing line, making a hole suddenly appear.
nW91W TIL that Sonny Bono is the only member of Congress in American History to have scored a Number One Hit on the Billboard Hot 100, doing so with he and his ex-wife Chers 1965 Hit "I Got You Babe".
KQd9 TIL the original opening line to the carol “Deck the Halls” was “Oh! How soft my fair one’s bosom, fa la la la la la la la la!”
9AAG TIL In 1965, Bob Dylan said that if he ever sold out to a commercial interest, it would be “ladies garments.” In 2007, he and his music appeared in a Victoria’s Secret commercial.
QJ4bd TIL that on April Fool's Day in 1974, a man in Alaska pranked an entire town by setting a bunch of tiles alight in a dormant volcano, creating a smoke plume that caused a lot of commotion and ended up with a US Coast Guard helicopter being sent to investigate.