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TIL that Hitler, Mussolini and Stalin were all nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize

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yQVwM TIL Steve Martin has a ringing in his ear called tinnitus, which he received while filming a pistol-shooting scene for the film, Three Amigos in 1986. He was quoted saying, "You just get used to it, or you go insane.”
kJ6DB TIL People born with red hair has a much higher chance of developing skin cancer from UV exposure.
l7aMB TIL Niccolò Michelozzi, head of the florentine chancellery in 1512 imposed a policy of "rigorous record keeping" on his staffers. He would occasionaly send them official mail from the office, saying "we have nothing to write to you about today, but we write you anyway, just for good practice"
QNrBE Today I learned about swing Band Leader Ivy Benson who was as famous in the 1940s as Glenn Miller, yet her name has not lived on in the public consciousness.
BNvy TIL in 1913, 4 year old Bobby Dunbar went missing, and police found him living as Bruce Anderson 8 months later. After jailing the kidnapper, he was returned to the Dunbar family. In 2004, DNA tests proved that he was, in fact, Bruce Anderson.