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TIL John Geoghan, who was a priest convicted of molesting over a hundred boys, was murdered in his cell by another inmate less than a year into his 10 year sentence.

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yVlPJ TIL for the movie Escape from New York (1981)،Snake Plissken's eyepatch was suggested by Kurt Russell. He pitched himself hard for the role of Snake Plissken, as he was very keen to shake off his Disney image.
rNWnd TIL why the pool tables in Michael Jackson's Beat It video have no pockets. It's because the tables shown are used for a pocketless game called carom billiards.
kOXbd TIL Beijing Airport was opened on March 2, 1958. The airport then consisted of one small terminal building, which still stands to this day. The first international flight to China and Beijing Capital International Airport was of Pakistan International Airlines from Islamabad
PMpJ TIL that on the Eastern front of WW2, Russian troops paraded naked women through the forest as psyops. When the Germans bunched up to check out the women with binoculars, they were hit by Russian artillery.
6Eg78 TIL that there was a campaign of intimidation against the making of the Godfather by the mafia, including warnings to "Get the F*** out of town", the theft of 1 million dollars worth of film, and forced edits, this is why we never hear the word "mafia" in the film despite being in earlier drafts