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TIL about Kendall Myers, the grandson of the first full-time editor of National Geographic (credited w/ having built the magazine into the iconic publication that it is today) and also great grandson of Alexander Graham Bell is serving a life sentence in the U.S.'s only supermax prison for espionage

Rm4w TIL for the film “Psycho” Alfred Hitchcock insisted theatre managers to put “no late admission” policy so that audience either see the film from the very beginning, or they don’t see it all.
KvZ4 TIL that because Kim Jong-un’s mother comes from the lowest “hostile” class in North Korea’s official status system (Songbun), all of her personal information including even her name are officially considered state secrets there.
jNDLn TIL that comedian Phyllis Diller's first television appearance was on Groucho Marx's "You Bet Your Life". She said she was transitioning from housewife to nightclub performer. She was soon a nationally known star, and Groucho always took great pride in her success.
GKLN TIL Howard Stern originally wanted to title his autobiography “Penis” so NY Times would have say “Howard Stern’s Penis is a best seller.”
691dY TIL of the raid by on the "Armando Diaz" School that took place during the 27th G8 meeting on 21st July, 2001 in Genoa, Italy. People were indiscriminately attacked there leading to 61 injured and one in coma. 93 people were detained from there who were beaten before being released.