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TIL Tania Head faked being a 9/11 survivor and served as President of the WTC Survivors Network

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Vv9D TIL that Liam Neeson Prank-Called Maggie Grace’s (played his daughter in Taken) Ex-Boyfriend as his character in Taken.
ZWBD TIL that in 1942 a Finnish sound engineer secretly recorded 11 minutes of a candid conversation between Adolf Hitler and Finnish Defence Chief Gustaf Mannerheim before being caught by the SS. It is the only known recording of Hitler’s normal speaking voice. (11 min, english translation)
8agXP TIL Jason wasn’t planned to appear in the original Friday the 13th screenplay. Makeup designer Tom Savini had the idea to have Jason appear at the end because he had just seen Carrie and thought the movie needed a “chair jumper.”
gMjQW TIL Deadly heat is killing Americans: climate death toll rises after a decade of federal inaction | US news
YpKYr TIL In 1490 a meteor shower in China killed 20,000 people.