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TIL about Clive Wearing: In 1985 he developed chronic anterograde and retrograde amnesia and can only remember stuff for 30 seconds. He still retains the ability to play good music but forgets what he just played immediately.

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dvw9 TIL when Adolf Eichmann, aka “the architect of the Holocaust”, was on trial for his war crimes, he couldn’t afford the attorney he wanted. Not wanting any reason to question the legitimacy of the trial, the Israeli government paid for Eichmann to be represented by the lawyer of his choosing.
MNV8 TIL The matador’s red cape does NOT need to be red to provoke the bull (the bull is color blind). The red color DOES hide splatters of blood from the audience during the finale stabbing.
Ro0a TIL There’s a tribe in Africa that instead of punishing someone for their wrong deeds. They will surround that person and say nothing but good things the person has done
8aypG TIL in film editing, that in 1994 only 3 feature films had ever been edited digitally. By 1995 none had ever won an Oscar for best editing. In 1996 "The English Patient" was the first (edited by Walter Murch on the Avid). Since then every Oscar winner has been.except 1998's "Saving Private Ryan".
j678p TIL about Romanian Princess and socialite Marthe Bibesco. Marthe lived as a travel writer, political exile, and poet—with high-society affairs scattered all over the European map. A muse to kings and poets alike, she is considered Romania's most influential woman of the millennium. (1886 - 1973)