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Til Japanese researchers have devised a method of decoding dreams that can accurately tell what the patient had been dreaming about.

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neN69 TIL in the scene where Jack Nicholson smashes down the door with an axe in ‘The Shining,’ the prop team used a weakened one so it would be easier to break. But Nicholson had previously been volunteer fire marshal and broke through the door so easily the prop team was forced to make a stronger door.
jNLvp TIL that Aladár Gerevich, a Hungarian fencer, is regarded as "the greatest Olympic swordsman ever". The only athlete to win the same event 6 times, winning sabre in 6 Olympics between 1932 and 1960 (the 1940 and 1944 games were cancelled due to WWII). His first and last wins were 28 years apart.
P1AjZ TIL that the Peshtigo, Wisconsin Wilfire claimed more than 1500 lives making it the deadliest fire in American history, but most people haven’t heard about it because it went largely unreported due to the Great Fire of Chicago taking place on the exact same night, October 8th, 1871
R7lb8 TIL that Paul McCartney originally wanted to title the Sgt. Pepper’s album “Dr. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”, completely unaware of the soft drink. Later, John Lennon fell in love with the drink so much that he would often request crates of it to be shipped to him from America.
1XQX TIL The Japanese planned on declaring war on America 30 minutes before Pearl Harbor but the transcription took too long, however America had already decoded most of the declaration beforehand .