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TIL Australian serial killer Ivan Milat lost 25kg from a failed hunger strike in prison when he was denied a PlayStation

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j6yDa TIL that Wajda's classic "Ziemia obiecana"/"Promised Land" was supposed to be distributed in USA, but according to Wajda distributors there bought the rights only to keep the film out of cinemas. Scorsese's 2013 Festival described it as "one of the most important critiques of predatory capitalism".
xVMMb TIL that Mark David Chapman, the man who shot and killed musician John Lennon, is still alive and is up for parole for the 11th time.
vdVL TIL: Michael Jackson wanted to build a 50 foot robot of himself to roam the Nevada desert.
jNXYE TIL Tom Attridge, the pilot of the first jet aircraft to shoot itself down. He fired two bursts midway through a shallow dive. As the trajectory of the cannon rounds decayed, they ultimately crossed paths with the jet as it continued its descent. Though it was a crash-landing, he survived.
Lkgnp TIL pirates did not wear eye patches due to a missing eye. They wore eye patches to be able to see above and below decks.