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TIL that a British officer who fought in WW1 was struck by lightning 4 times in his lifetime. The third strike paralyzed him completely and eventually killed him. The fourth one struck his grave, shattering his tombstone.

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l7Oaa TIL in 1936, 20 year old Orson Welles directed an entirely African American cast of Macbeth set in the Caribbean in which Haitian vodou replaced Scottish witchcraft. The play was produced by the Federal Theatre Project which was responsible for creating jobs in the arts during the Depression.
WGDL TIL that the Texas Supreme Court reinstated a family law judge after he was caught on camera beating his disabled daughter.
Bg6e TIL that Union General John Sedgwick’s last words were, “I’m ashamed of you, dodging that way. They couldn’t hit an elephant at this distance.” He fell over with a bullet hole under his left eye seconds later.
R5Z57 TIL Teri Garr, who died today (10-29-2024), began her career as a teenager with small roles in television and film in the early 1960s, including appearances as a dancer in six Elvis Presley musicals.
WQV9 TIL that Hitler justified his campaign of ethnic extermination and relocation in Eastern Europe and the USSR in part on the U.S. government’s treatment of Native Americans in the 19th Century.