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9Kxm TIL that despite creating the very rational and logical character of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a firm believer in the supernatural and his beliefs even cost him his friendship with the very skeptical Harry Houdini.
eOPg TIL Michael Jackson wanted to do a Harry Potter musical but J.K. Rowling said no.
OonZR TIL: Gay male victims of the Holocaust, who wore the downward-facing pink triangle, were still considered to be criminals when they were freed from concentration camps. They were often sent back to prison to serve out their terms.
XE87k TIL Approximately 0.5 - 1 tons of Titanic's wreck is turning to rust every day. It is expected to collapse entirely within 50 years.
nevxb TIL there are three types of twilight dependent on how far below the horizon the sun is: civil, nautical and astronomical.