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TIL Charlie Chaplin's body was dug up and stolen, less than 3 months after he died, in an attempt to extort money from his widow

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neVX7 TIL a 1931 production of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" used a practical effect of makeup invisible under red light and a pair of red/green lamps to transform the actor between Jekyll and Hyde.
l7LB1 TIL the current Spanish-language World Champion for Scrabble has previously also won the French-language and English-language championships. A New Zealander, he only speaks English.
Zp8ga TIL about “The deadly accordion wars of Lesotho” where you can be murdered for playing music. “After one Famo musician allegedly shot another in 2004, a cycle of revenge developed, fuelled by poisonous lyrics in songs.” This has now led to Lesotho having the sixth-highest homicide rate in the world.
VBjd8 TIL that Marvin Hamlisch, who played the frustrated piano player in one of the final scenes of How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, is one of the few musicians to receive an EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Awards). He also won a Pulitzer Prize.
m1rjo TIL that humans can maintain only around 150 stable relationships, a concept known as 'Dunbar’s Number'. This theory, proposed by anthropologist Robin Dunbar, suggests that cognitive limitations restrict the number of meaningful social connections we can sustain.