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TIL despite committing suicide in 1945, Adolf Hitler was not issued a death certificate until 1956, after a lengthy investigation to collect testimony from 42 witnesses. Hitler's death was entered as an assumption of death based on this testimony.

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a8ARo TIL that Eddie Murphy, Danny DeVito, Chevy Chase, Bill Cosby. John Cleese, John Candy, Steve Martin, Jeff Goldblum and John Lithgow were all considered for the part of Doc Brown in Back To The Future.
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