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TIL Nearly all profits from Hitlers “Mein Kampf”, his image and his artwork go to charity. Bavaria owns the rights and sometimes has difficulty finding a charity to accept them, as they are widely considered “blood money”.

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PZ4e TIL Peter O'Toole found his camel saddle uncomfortable while filming Lawrence of Arabia, so he put a piece of foam rubber under it. The film’s Bedouin extras saw this and copied it, and today the practice has spread to become Bedouin tradition. They call O’Toole “Father of the Sponge”.
dAL9 TIL that some Gilligan’s Island viewers had no idea the show was scripted and sent letters to the Coast Guard urging them to rescue everybody on the island.
aw8D0 TIL of the Bystander Effect - a social psychological phenomenon in which individuals are less likely to offer help to a victim when other people are present. The greater the number of bystanders, the less likely it is that any one of them will help
B8ED TIL Chocolate Milk Was Invented in Jamaica, not by Sir Hans Sloane
Lxvp TIL there is an organization called Engineers Without Borders that works to improve infrastructure and engineering practices in developing countries.