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TIL Wilhelm Brasse was an Auschwitz prisoner assigned to take thousands of photos for five years. After WW2, the portrait photographer tried to start taking photos but was so traumatized by the ‘ghosts’ of the 'dead’ that he was unable, later saying he would 'never take another photograph’.

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MenJB TIL in 1938, Charles A. Lindbergh received the Service Cross of the German Eagle, presented to him by Hermann Goering on behalf of Adolf Hitler. The medal was partially for his feats of flying but also for being an ardent proponent of Nazi Germany's military superiority and American isolationism.
5Yy6B Today i learned theres a micro country in italy with 33 000 citizens
KOg4B TIL That Jackie Chan and his stunt team are blacklisted by all insurance companies, forcing him to pay for all costs out of his own pocket | Jackie voluntarily agreed to pay for the cost of the injuries sustained during a stunt for the entire life of the injured team member
bW74 TIL Stanley Kubrick considered both Robert De Niro and Robin Williams for the lead role of Jack Torrance in The Shining. Kubrick didn’t think De Niro would suit the part as he deemed De Niro not psychotic enough. He deemed Williams too psychotic for the role.
R74r9 TIL that an Indian tribe man was kept in prison for 54 years without facing any trial. Him not knowing any common language prevented him from communicating with the authorities. He was released in 2005, died in 2007