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e0non TIL the stereotype of French people as wearing striped shirts and berets likely derives from the attire of Breton door-to-door onion salesmen in Britain from the early 1900s, these being the only contact most everyday British people had with people from France.
Em4o TIL that the person who designed Star Wars’ Darth Maul was instructed to make Maul “a vision from your worst nightmare”, and based the original design on an actual nightmare he had. When he presented the design to George Lucas, Lucas shuddered and told him “Give me your second worst nightmare”.
YpXv7 TIL terminal patients may exhibit a burst of energy and lucidity near death, it is known as Terminal Lucidity.
OGQaa TIL the first draft of the Portuguese republican national anthem was extremely anti-British. Part of the anthem was erased and the word "Breton" was replaced with "Cannon" in what remained.
9wVyX TIL Ruth Snyder was executed by electric chair on January 12, 1928. She was secretly photographed mid-execution, which became the first photo of an execution by electric chair printed in media.