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TIL that the trope of vampires dying in the sun was only created in 1922 during the ending of Nosferatu

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loJpV TIL that using his knowledge of telephone systems, Kevin Poulsen, alias “Dark Dante,” hacked the phone lines of a radio station to become the winning caller for a brand new Porsche. He was sentenced to 5 years and banned from using computers for years. Later he reinvented himself as a journalist.
MeJ7V TIL of Kazimierz Piechowski, a Holocaust Survivor, who, along with three other Polish inmates under the age of 21, successfully escaped Auschwitz by stealing a commandant's car, driving to the entrance posing in stolen Nazi uniforms, and demanding the guards to open the gate.
PYWVL TIL that the Godfather II (1974) was the first movie sequel in history to win the academy award for best picture. Only 2 other sequels have ever won the award: The Silence of the Lambs (1991) and LOTR: Return of the King (2003).
4XGag TIL the 2nd oldest person to host Saturday Night Live was a non-celebrity who was born in 1897. Miskel Spillman, a German immigrant, joked "I'm 80 years old. I need one more cheap thrill, since my doctor told me I only have another 25 years left."
NBy1 TIL that the first vending machine – a device that dispensed holy water in exchange for a coin – was invented in the first century A.D.