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TIL Eric Clapton stole George Harrison's wife, but they still remained friends after

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ovKR TIL: the snow in “It’s A Wonderful Life” is actually made of foamite (fire-fighting chemicals) mixed with soap and water and show out of a fan. The snow was silent during filming so the actors could recite lines live instead of re-recording them.
dD0b7 TIL The Mercedes Benz CLR's Flawed Design and Poorly Executed Aerodynamics Led to an Astonishing Incident During the 1999 Le Mans Race which led to the car literally taking off during the race.
9wgRM TIL "artery" means "windpipe" as ancient anatomists found arteries empty in corpses and believed they carried vital spirits or air, with arterial bleeding explained by blood replacing escaping air from nearby vessels.
P1ZRV TIL that after admitting responsibility for over 12,000 deaths in the Cambodian genocide under the Khmer Rouge, Kang Kek Iew aka Comrade Duch asked the war crimes tribunal to acquit and release him. They did not.
x6695 TIL - Spike Milligan's tombstone includes the phrase "Dúirt mé leat go raibh mé breoite" - Irish for "I told you I was ill".