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TIL towards the end of WW2 Herman Goering had become so addicted to para-codeine that he was travelling with almost the entire world’s supply

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Lk7x9 Today I learned of Sir Anthony Hopkins. Apart from a talented actor, he is also a famed painter and composer. He also has snuck a peice of his work in the film The Two Popes.
loWMG TIL about the movie C. R. A. Z. Y.. The director spent over 600,000 dollars (nearly 10% of the movie's budget) in acquiring the rights for songs made by bands such as Pink Floyd and Rolling Stones. The rights just for Rolling Stones' 'Symphaty for the Devil' were acquired at the price of $138,000.
wme6 Today I learned that there is a movement to reclaim the Swastika for it’s ancient roots (use before it was adopted by the Nazi party)
7Dpb TIL American Geochemist Clair Patterson helped reduce lead levels within the blood of Americans by approximately 80% by the late 90s, after spending decades of fighting the industrial use of lead.
e06Kb TIL the phrase "souped up" predated automobiles and was actually a reference to injecting horses with steroids to improve their performance.