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TIL the Pale Man in Pan's Labyrinth is meant to represent the Catholic Church and its role in aiding fascism

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0w5dv TIL in 1898 during the Spanish-American war, Nikola Tesla once invented a remote controlled boat he thought could end warfare.
p8eve TIL of Charles Vance Millar, a Toronto lawyer who died in 1926 with no relatives. In his will, he left all his remaining assets (equivalent to $9 million CAD) to the woman who had the most babies within 10 years of his death, creating a "baby race" where woman competed to have the most babies.
1aPXX TIL that since 1953, every King of Saudi Arabia has been a son of the first king, Abdulaziz. His oldest son was born in 1900 and the youngest in 1952. He has roughly 1,000 grandchildren.
8aEBG TIL that after a ticker-tape parade to celebrate his Olympic medals, Jesse Owens was not permitted to enter through the main doors of the Waldorf Astoria and instead forced to travel up to the event in a freight elevator to reach the reception honoring him.
R7kgw TIL the nests (beds) that Chimpanzees make for themselves on tree tops are much cleaner, containing fewer microbes and parasites, compared to human beds.