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TIL Sylvester Stallone was the third person Ever to be nominated for Best Actor and Best Writer Oscars in the same year (for Rocky), following only Orson Welles and Charlie Chaplin.

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5V5kD TIL the first international war crime trial took place in the Holy Roman Empire in 1474. Peter von Hagenbauch was found guilty of atrocities committed during the occupation of Breisach, and beheaded.
KOooG TIL: James Richard Shinn was a master book thief. Using expert techniques and fraudulent documents, he would ultimately pillage world-class libraries to the tune of half a million dollars or more. A detective called him “the most fascinating, best, smartest crook I ever encountered.''
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