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TIL South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone's first job in Hollywood was directing a short film for Universal Studios staring Steven Spielberg, Sylvester Stallone, Demi Moore and Michael J. Fox.

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J1wlQ TIL Sonora Carver, one of the first female horse divers, went blind from retinal detachment while diving with her horse, Red Lips, at an Atlantic City show in 1931. Despite her permanent injury, she continued horse diving for another 11 years.
9WXM TIL - Aluminum foil starts out as an 8 ton block that’s rolled down gradually until it yields 8 miles of foil
p8dgN TIL the Spanish Inquisiton "only" found guilty 4% of all trialed and killed "only" 1800 people over 350 years of existence. It was considered the most humane court in Europe as opposed to todays perception of the Inquisiton
R7og4 TIL actor Christopher Lee, known for playing Saruman, was a legitimate heir to the office of Holy Roman Emperor, through Frederick I
6ElZX TIL that Kobe Bryant is the only person to have won both an Olympic Medal and an Oscar