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TIL Roman Polanski wanted to film a violent and nihilistic version of Macbeth in response to his wife and unborn child's murder. No studio would finance it given the parallels with his own life. But Hugh Hefner financed the movie. He had been partying with a Playboy Exec on the night of the murders.

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Eg5mw TIL - The German language expanded because people began speaking differently due to a consonant shift, a phonological development that makes people pronounce consonants differently.
Oo6XR TIL that, in 1993, upon learning that they were to play a show at a venue owned by the Church of Scientology, the band Tool was opposed to performing. They played, but Maynard, the lead singer, spent most of the show baa-ing like a sheep at the audience.
4k4LR TIL during the WW2 there were a secret hospital for 120 partisans in Slovenia, hidden in the forest behind a torrent, that remained secret for over 2 years that, despite fervent attempts by enemy forces-Nazi, it was never discovered. Now it’s a museum candidate to become a UNESCO World Heritage Site
loAg1 TIL goldfish have a memory span of at least three months, can recognize their owners, and can be trained to do tricks. Goldfish can also see ultraviolet in addition to red, green, and blue making them tetrachromats.
WrP4 TIL that following Marilyn Monroe’s death, Joe DiMaggio was so devastated he held a private funeral barring all the Hollywood elite, delivered roses to her grave three times a week for over 20 years, never remarried, and his last words were “I’ll finally get to see Marilyn.”