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TIL that actor Vic Morrow was decapitated by a helicopter on the set of the Twilight Zone movie.

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oaY7 TIL “Gaslighting” is an extremely effective form of emotional abuse that causes a victim to question their own feelings, instincts, and sanity, which gives the abusive partner a lot of power
woJEP TIL Anne, Queen of Great Britain had at least 17 pregnancies over a 17-year period & had miscarried or given birth to stillborn children at least 12 times. Of her 5 liveborn children, 4 died before the age of two & her sole surviving child, Prince William, Duke of Gloucester, died at age eleven.
oBWKY TIL Skyfall Lodge, the Scottish ancestral home of James Bond which features heavily in the movie Skyfall, was just a wooden framed set located on a UK Mininstry of Defence site in Surrey, England.
ADkw TIL that in 2000 many of the 5,500 Sacagawea coins that Cheerios put in their boxes as a special promotion were struck with slightly more detail. These coins have sold between $5,000 and $25,000.
noXo TIL Manta rays frequently leap out of the water, sometimes to heights as high as 9 feet and then belly flop back into the water. This flop has been reported to sound as loud as a gunshot. It is still a mystery as to why they do this.