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TIL Jesse Owens set 5 world records in 45 minutes at the Olympics

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MaQW TIL That Netflix purchased the rights to Death Note and are releasing a live action film in 2017.
4X5da TIL Winston Churchill loved drinking. A visitor noted: "There is always some alcohol in his blood, and it reaches its peak late in the evening after he has had two or three scotches, several glasses of champagne, at least two brandies, and a highball..." Churchill passed away at the age of 90.
g9vW TIL 25 scientists working for GEC-Maroni died in mysterious circumstances between 1982-88. A Defense Journalist investigating the deaths hung himself in 1990.
x6eOb TIL that Kurt Tank invented the most streamlined commercial plane (FMA IA 36 Cóndor) by placing the propulsion into the fuselage - yet it was never built due to obvious flaws regarding practicality (see comments)
ZpXmQ TIL The Simpsons' show-within-a-show, "The Itchy and Scratchy Show", isn't actually based on Tom and Jerry. It's based on a more obscure cartoon called "Herman and Katnip," which was notorious for being violent and mean-spirited.