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TIL that in the 1940s, filmmaker Orson Welles was under investigation by the FBI as they believed he had ties to communist activities because of his film “Citizen Kane”. He was considered such a threat that the FBI had him on a list of people who should be apprehended in case of a national emergency

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b91rE TIL South America's only existing monarchy is in Bolivia. In the 1830s, enslaved men on a plantation realised Prince Uchicho - a noble from the Kingdom of Kongo, Africa - laboured amongst them. They crowned him King and, reognised by the state, his descendents preside over the same region today.
nW6m7 TIL that Lt. Quentin Roosevelt was shot down and killed during the First World War and buried by the German military, making him the only son of a President to die in combat.
LNrV TIL Duct Tape, when pulled apart quickly in the dark, will glow blue
kJA01 TIL-No one was ever burned at the stake during the Salem Witch Trials instead, the accused were hung or pressed to death.
x6lEB TIL the American taxpayer helped pay for Coca Cola's bottling plants worldwide so they could expand internationally during WW2