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TIL that Nicholas Hoult kept and framed Orlok's prosthetic penis worn by Skarsgård in the film Nosferatu (2024)

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rRQMo TIL that when practicing for the D-Day landings in "Exercise Tiger" at least 749 Americans were killed by friendly fire and a "wolf pack" of 6 German E-boats who stumbled on the LST ships in the dark. D-Day was nearly called off because 10 officers who knew the exact plans went missing.
wLNBY TIL in 559 BC a chinese prisoner was sentenced to death by being flown off the top of a large tower attached to a kite. He survived the flight, and claimed the record of the highest jump survived by a person in the process. He was later starved to death in prison.
D1YVV TIL the military under Richard Nixon was ordered not to react to any orders from the president due to his depression.
OVaR TIL that today, January 20th is National Good Day Day, per Ice Cube’s “Today Was A Good Day”
rRnBd TIL that in 1768 there was a witch hunt in China's Qing Dynasty, where people are accused of "Soul Stealing"