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mWgy TIL Christopher Lee (91), who played Saruman, Count Dooku, etc. is a descendant of the First Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne. He is a heavy metal singer and recorded a full solo album (2010). He killed Nazis in the British special forces, and even witnessed the last guillotine execution in France
d8lOK TIL Courtroom drawing as we know it in the United States was born in response to the 1935 media circus over the kidnapping and killing of aviator Charles Lindbergh’s infant son. The American Bar Association put forth a ban on cameras—leaving news outlets to seek alternate means of coverage.
JjBB TIL Salvador Dali would avoid paying tabs by drawing on checks. The drawing would be too valuable to cash the check.
ADPg7 TIL that E. B. White, author of "Charlotte's Web" and "Stuart Little," co-authored a spoof of sex manuals with James Thurber titled "Is Sex Necessary?"
8eJgV TIL of the Arkadiko Bridge, the oldest crossable bridge in Europe, dated to Mycenaean Period (c.1300-1190 BCE)