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TIL Christopher Lee didn’t enjoy playing Dracula but he continued to appear in the titular role in nine different movies as he realized they were popular and kept people employed.

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WPPd TIL Lyndon Johnson announced his hiring of Gerri Whittington, the first African-American White House secretary, by arranging for her to appear on the TV game show What’s My Line, wherein contestants attempted to guess her profession.
N78VN TIL there's a metal band called Neckbeard Deathcamp, with an album called "White Nationalism Is for Basement Dwelling Losers".
0wOKM TIL about Ahlam Tamimi, who planned a bombing at a pizza shop in Israel & drove the bomber there, killing 15 people incl. 7 children & a pregnant women; injuring 130 including a young mother still in a coma. Today Tamimi is a celebrity talk-show host in Jordan & has said she "would do it again"
GYBNN TIL that writer Isaac Asimov and Star Trek creator Gene Rodenberry died with six months of each other. Asimov helped saved Star Trek from cancellation by writing a fan letter to TV Guide saying it was a "fresh and intellectually challenging science fiction television show". His daughter was a fan.
0jeA TIL a man was once accidentally released from prison 90 years early due to clerical error. He then started building his life by getting a job, getting married, having kids, coaching youth soccer, being active in his church. Authorities realized the mistake 6 years later and sent him back to prison.