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TIL Goodfellas and My Blue Heaven are about both about the same mobster - Henry Hill.

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wLx88 TIL that Beethoven was metal af. His 5th symphony is usually played as slow as 74 BPM, but he intended it to be played at 108 BPM. He wanted his music to make the musicians and audience uncomfortable - as if "something is impending," like "this is dangerous." (Basically one of the first metalheads)
5YOaD TIL the first photograph to include a human being was almost an accident. Because the image required a long exposure, all the people, carriages, and other moving things disappeared from the scene -- except the the man who happened to stay still during the shot, getting his shoes shined.
9wD8B TIL Tapwater contains 2 mg/L of chlorine to remove germs and bacteria.
VMl00 TIL that Peter the Great of Russia was 6'8" (203cm) in a time when the average Russian man was about 5'3" (163cm) tall
pRRQ TIL blacks and Hispanics make up BOTH 96% of victims and suspects of shootings in New York City (Page 11 of 16 in the report) and 85%+ of all crime suspects according to the NYPD [PDF]