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TIL that on the set of The Princess Bride, Billy Crystal's improvisational lines were so funny that Mandy Patinkin bruised a rib trying to hold in laughter and Rob Reiner had to direct his scenes from a video monitor because his laughter was ruining takes.

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QJEld TIL of a Japanese criminal mastermind dubbed “The Monster with 21 Faces”. He was responsible for extorting and poisoning products at confectionary companies across Tokyo. His activity ceased after the ritual suicide of a police chief, who failed to stop him. He has never been caught.
4X48N TIL that a 2015 finders keepers law allows private companies to own anything they find in the outer space and that startups are already rushing to mine asteroids to take advantage of that law
OGoxY TIL of head wobbling in India: besides doing head nods for "yes" and head shakes for "no", Indian people also wobble their heads side-to-side, with different meanings to the gesture depending on the speed of the wobble
wLM58 TIL that Lenin's body has improved over time due to the new technique called plastination. It helps maintain the natural color, feel and flexibility of the tissues. Currently, there are no plans to remove the body from the mausoleum.
E1L7 TIL on August 12, 1944, the German SS entered the Italian village of Sant'Anna di Stazzema and killed every living thing, including 110 children (the youngest being only 20 days old) and 8 pregnant women, by machine gun and hand grenade. The massacre took 3 hours. Then they set the corpses on fire.