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TIL in Werner Herzog's 1979 film Nosferatu the Vampyre, the opening sequence featured real mummified bodies.

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ZYe4 TIL In 1948 the United States Air-force tested the XF-85 Goblin, a jet fighter designed to be deployed and retrieved from a bomber’s bomb-bay. The bomber could carry a maximum of 4 XF-85s, turning it into a “Flying Aircraft Carrier”.
lY9N TIL Cats have been blamed for the global extinction of 33 species
awGw0 TIL that the world’s first recipient of silicone breast implants went to the plastic surgeon just to get a tattoo removed and her ears done.
4kLkw TIL that samosa a triangular Indian snack is banned in certain areas of Somalia because the local militant group Al Shadab felt that the triangular shape represented the holy trinity.
xVEj0 TIL that when the US military tried segregating the pubs in Bamber Bridge in 1943, the local Englishmen instead decided to hang up "Black soldiers only" signs on all pubs as protest