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TIL that a British inventor created an earthquake bomb, which was used in WWII to great effect to destroy bomb-proof installations such as submarine pens. The same inventor later invented a bouncing bomb, which would skip across water to avoid torpedo nets and destroy dams

b9ZBZ TIL the Celebrity Jeopardy sketch from SNL was created purely as an excuse so Norm Macdonald could do his Burt Reynolds impersonation
9wMv7 TIL The actress Nanette Fabray was one of the first people to perform sign language on television. Fabray was hearing impaired herself and an activist for the deaf. She would go on to be a founding member of the National Captioning Institute and decry loud background music on TV.
m1JpY TIL that Beck rejected Weird Al's request to parody his hit 1990s song "Loser" because Beck felt he already wasn't being taken seriously as artist. Later though, Beck regretted this decision saying “I think it would have been an amazing video. I’m actually really sad it didn’t happen.”
R7wrQ TIL that famous "Soviet flag over Reichstag" photo, was doctored because the soldier holding the flag was wearing 2 watches. Photographer erased the watch on his right arm because he thought soldier had looted items from dead Nazi soldiers, which was a punishable offence.
V1Y4 TIL That Andrew Garfield, the actor who played Spider-Man in the most recent film, The Amazing Spider-Man, secretly dropped in at Comic-Con in 2011 dressed up in a cheap Spider-Man costume as a surprise to attending fans.