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TIL in the early 90s, when actor Anthony Hopkins's agent told him that a script was on his way titled The Silence of the Lambs, Hopkins responded, "Is it a children's story?"

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W7XVX TIL that the assassination of Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth was 1 part of a wider conspiracy to also assassinate the Vice President and Secretary of State the same night in order to create chaos in the government after the Civil War. Only Booth was successful however.
jv8v TIL In 2009, Stephen Hawking held a reception for time travelers, but didn’t publicize it until after it had happened. This way, only those who could travel back in time would be able to attend.
lv5 TIL - Black Widow bites produce muscle aches, nausea, and a paralysis of the diaphragm that can make breathing difficult; however, contrary to popular belief, most people who are bitten suffer no serious damage—let alone death.
WknYN TIL During WW II the US Army was aware that mail to soldiers was critical for morale, but overwhelmed with the volume and space it took to ship. So the resuscitated a British/Eastman Kodak method where every letter was photographed, and the film was shipped, then printed. It was called V Mail.
L8Bv TIL in 1991 after Pee-Wee Herman was arrested in Florida for masturbating in an adult theater, Bill Cosby defended Herman saying, “Whatever he’s done, this is being blown all out of proportion”.