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TIL: Man Stopped Growing At Six Months Old Is Now 21 And Only 23 Inches Tall

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bZ9p TIL German actor Conrad Veidt (“Casablanca”, “Cabinet of Dr. Caligari”, and inspiration for The Joker) was so anti-Nazi that Hitler ordered him assassinated. He managed to escape Germany and make his way to Hollywood. Once there, he was quickly typecast as a Nazi.
9w647 TIL that "Steven Universe" creator Rebecca Sugar considers the Gems, an alien species of sentient rocks in the television show, to be neurodivergent: "I think it makes perfect sense that [they] would be relatable to neurodiverse and autistic members of our audience."
e0WR5 TIL the sitcom "Boy Meets World" in the first season kept having a new third boy character as a friend of Cory and Shawn, as the original idea was to have three boys. They kept trying new male friends but none lasted more than a episode before deciding to make Topanga the third friend.
9wrrM TIL that in 2007 it was announced that U2 were involved in a project to build the U2 Tower, an apartment building in Dublin which also housed their recording studio. It would have been the tallest building in Ireland if completed but it was cancelled due to the 2008 economic downturn in the country.
5pwR TIL that it is illegal to collect or possess eagle feathers in the United States, and only enrolled members of a federally recognized Native American tribe may legally possess them.