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TIL Anthony Hopkins was only on screen for 16 minutes in ‘Silence of the Lambs’

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nWJ19 TIL P.T. Barnum showed off a “161”-year-old woman. After her death in 1836, an autopsy was performed and it concluded that her body was not >80 years old, aligning more closely with persons in their 70s than those >100 years
VM4gp TIL in 1986 Steve Jobs bought Pixar from LucasFilm for $5 million
mxWep TIL that in the non-canonical Acts of Thomas that Jesus Christ sells his twin brother Judas Thomas into slavery in order to trick him into going to India.
8eYwP TIL the FBI has undercover Cessna that have tech to mimic a nearby cell tower and force everyone’s phone in the area to connect to it, allowing them to listen to calls, see texts and all data .
9wZKG TIL that Ugandan Dictator Idi Amin Dada laid claim to the Scottish throne and offered to marry Queen Elizabeth to lead the Commonwealth. When she refused, he had four local British businessmen carry him around in a sedan chair at a diplomatic conference in Uganda.