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Today I learned they shot “The Karate Kid” entirely on camcorder before they filmed it for real (and it’s on youtube!)

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kPNm TIL that the Nazis planned on preserving the Jewish quarter of Prague in order to establish an “exotic museum of an extinct race”
R7VV6 TIL of the murder of Henryk Siwiak. It's the only recorded homicide in New York on September the 11th, 2001, as the city does not include the deaths from the attacks in the official crime statistics; the murder remains unsolved.
Zpwap TIL NBA Hall of Famer Elgin Baylor, the city of Elgin, North Dakota, and the town of Elgin, South Carolina, were all named after the Elgin National Watch Company, which itself was named for its factory location in Elgin, Illinois
QJweL TIL that when the British East India Company subjugated India, they had just 35 staff members
mj4R TIL in 1967, a magazine published a fake story about extracting hallucinogenic chemicals from bananas to raise moral questions about banning drugs. People didn’t realize it was a hoax and began smoking banana peels to try to get high.