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TIL that more people died building German V-2 Rockets than were actually killed by them

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N7PDM TIL that Jim Carrey had to be taught CIA torture coping techniques to endure the make-up process for How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
ELmp TIL There’s a Mysterious Village That Was Discovered In Canada, That Is 10,000 Years Older Than The Pyramids
Y7QJ7 TIL that the 1982 horror film Swamp Thing was based on the DC character of the same name who was created in 1972
16DMX TIL when the Henry Ford Company dissolved in 1902, Ford's financial backers called in engineer Henry M. Leland to appraise the plant for liquidation. Leland persuaded them continue making cars at the plant using Leland's engine design and formed a new car company: Cadillac.
kEj4 TIL Atari didn’t allow designers to receive credit on their games, and so Warren Robinett placed a secret object in the game which allowed the players to see a hidden screen displaying “Created by Warren Robinett”, one of the earliest Easter eggs to be created