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TIL that it was Nicholas Cage that introduced Johnny Depp to his agent, thus starting his acting career

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OoKbY TIL in spite of rumours of their enemity, Salieri and Mozart composed together a four-minute piece of music, that was considered lost until a copy was found in 2015
gMryb TIL In order to rescue Ethiopian Jews, the Mossad bought and ran a profitable scuba diving resort in Sudan between 1982 and 1984. 8,000 people were safely smuggled to Israel.
VM1WZ TIL that there are tens of giant pyramid hills in the province of Shaanxi, China and they are what you expect to be: they were built for the same reason as the Great Pyramids of Egypt: as a final resting place for ancient kings
b9JZ0 TIL that after President Kennedy was shot Jackie Kennedy wore her blood-soaked, pink dress to both the hospital and the swearing in of President Johnson. The unlaundered suit was donated to the National Archives and Records Administration and will not be placed on public display until 2103.
M7EDV TIL in 1953 Nazi rocket-physicist Wernher von Braun wrote a sci-fi book called Project Mars. In it, the Mars colony has a leader known as 'the Elon.'