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TIL that George C. Scott, who played Patton in the 1970 classic, refused to show up to the Oscar and accept his award because “The whole thing is a goddamn meat parade. I don’t want any part of it.”

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RLw6 TIL that infants have died from a ritual known as metzitzah b'peh (removing the foreskin of the penis and the Rabbi places his mouth briefly over the wound, sucking a small amount of blood out) because the Rabbi had herpes.
jNbva TIL that director Steven Spielberg is never present when the last scene of his movies are being shot
R4wl TIL up until 1985, babies were generally operated on without anesthetic, as doctors believed they don’t feel pain as adults do
9jX7 TIL Skin slippage allows investigators to remove the entire hand-skin from unidentified bodies, and wear it like a glove to get fingerprints.
x4ak TIL In 1980 a Centaur skeleton was assembled using the remains of a human and Shetland pony, then displayed as a real artifact in order to challenge student skepticism