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TIL That the fortress/prison Chateau d'If, made famous by The Count of Monte Cristo, was a real prison and became a tourist attraction in the years after the book's publication.

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yVOyp TIL that both the National Air and Space Intelligence Agency + Space Delta 18 (DEL 18) unit both have a Sphinx Symbols which represent their role in analyzing, producing, and servicing Intelligence.
pYQPe TIL How People Study?
jNQDj TIL that Charles Vallandingham accidentally comitted suicide to prove his case in a court by shootinh himself with a pistol
KYN0J TIL that Ed McCabe—the youngest copywriter inducted into the One Club Creative Hall of Fame—was responsible for some the world’s most successful advertising campaigns that ran between the late 60s-80s. He had no formal training in advertising, and he never graduated high school.
Llyv TIL Karl Urban’s character in the 2012 film “Dredd” was legally required to never remove his helmet and to keep his face obscured. Urban had no issue with this as “if you’d grown up reading Dredd, you’d never really consider taking the helmet off.”