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TIL in 1999 a mentally ill man was arrested for plotting to kill sheriff Joe Arpaio with a pipe bomb. Saville was acquitted four years later when it was discovered that Arpaio’s detectives had purchased the bomb parts themselves and framed Saville in a publicity stunt to boost approval ratings.

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v094 TIL that before filming LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring, Jackson made the principal actors train for 6 weeks in sword fighting, riding and boating to allow the cast to bond. Later, most of the actors portraying the Fellowship got a tattoo with the Elvish symbol for the number 9.
1x04 TIL Stephen Hawking’s birthday (January 8, 1942) is the 300th anniversary of the death of astronomer and physicist Galileo Galilei.
GYePj TIL Nioh was originally based on an unfinished Akira Kurosawa script
epxAn TIL that males going through opioid withdrawal may also experience spontaneous ejaculations whilst awake
vPRZK TIL That a "bindle" is the bundle of belongings wrapped in a blanket or bandana and carried over the shoulder on a stick by the American "hobo" trope. Another name for a hobo carrying such a bindle is a "bindlestiff".