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TIL that the director of the Jeepers Creepers film series is a convicted pedophile

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nWNxY TIL there was a satirical magazine in Nazi Germany known as "Die Brennessel" (Stinging Nettle) which used humor to promote Nazism and antisemitism. Originally the best-selling satirical magazine in the country, it folded in 1938 after failing to entertain it's readers.
b6lMp TIL That Jonah Hill has sworn the most out of any Hollywood actor with 376 curse words.
M7gLV TIL Beethoven’s cause of death is not known. The composer was sick throughout his life, & before dying sent a letter asking for doctors to investigate him. Researchers recently sequenced his D.N.A. to see what they could find out.
4l6R TIL of a Biotech firm that can create fake rhino horns indistinguishable from real ones, and plans to flood the market with them so as to crash the price of Rhino horns and disincentive poaching.
ne1AG TIL This photo of U.S. Army code breakers trained by William Friedman and his wife Elizebeth during WW1 spells out ‘Knowledge is Power.’ By facing either forward or sideways, the soldiers formed a coded phrase utilizing Sir Francis Bacon’s biliteral cipher.