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TIL Simon Cowell’s first job was polishing Jack Nicholson’s axe in “The Shining”. He worked as a runner on-set and cleaned Nicholson’s axe between takes for the most famous scenes, making it so shiny you could see your face in it.

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Oodb1 TIL a man who doesn't exist had a baby. The DNA in the "fathers" sperm, which was 90% his DNA and 10% that of his twin’s, was from his unborn fraternal twin which the "father" had absorbed as an embryo.
yVY18 TIL WW1 ended at 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918. The last trench veteran of WW1, Harry Patch, died on July 25 2009, aged 111 years, 1 month, 1 week and 1 day
dD0MQ TIL that California company, Postum Foods, bought East-Coast brand, Hellman's Mayonnaise, in 1927. As a result of the merger, to present day, both brands were preserved in their respective territories, with Hellman's being sold East of the Rockies and Postum (now Best Foods) sold in the West.
R7NbQ TIL that the myth of the changeling - of faeries replacing a stolen human child with their own - could have been born as an explanation of autistic children. Many traits associated with faeries, such as obsessive counting, are also known in the autism spectrum.
a8paJ TIL after the outlaw George Parrott was executed in 1881, his skull was used as an ashtray, and his skin was made into a pair of shoes and a medicine bag. The doctor who performed the autopsy later became Governor of Wyoming and wore the shoes to his inaugural ball.