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TIL Ennio Morricone refused to move to US even offered mansion for free and never learned English.

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QJMlp TIL of the “Coffin Torpedo”—a small shotgun secured inside the lid of a coffin to “prevent the unauthorized resurrection of the dead.” The shotgun fired lead balls at whoever pried the lid open and were used as an experimental deterrent to the rising tide of body snatchers in the late 1800s.
e64 TIL Fetuses masturbate [NSFW]
a6pL TIL that Charles Darwin’s wife, Emma, often referred to him as “My Nigger” as seen in this handwritten letter.
ZJvY TIL Steven Tyler of Aerosmith once heard their song “You See Me Crying” and said “We should cover this, who is it?” Guitarist Joe Perry responded with “That’s US fuckhead! It’s that song you made us get a 109-piece orchestra for!”
QN4EX TIL - lab cells cultured from a dead woman weigh more than her (over millions of tons)