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TIL Bela Lugosi, who portrayed Dracula in many films, was actually born in Transylvania

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Br0gL TIL after most of his family was murdered by the Austro-Hungarian forces Momčilo Gavrić set off to join the Serbian army, becoming the youngest soldier in WWI at age 7. He reached the rank of lance sergeant in the Serbian army.
gjB8 TIL the actor playing Danny in The Shining was kept unaware throughout that he was acting in a horror film
XYjX TIL that the act of Kinetic Bombardment (firing large metal rods from a satellite into the Earth’s surface at terminal velocity as a weapon) remains legal
R7QyQ TIL that pro wrestler Batista decided to get into wrestling after realizing he had squandered his 20s and was living in poverty to the point that he had to borrow money to buy Christmas presents for his kids.
KYanQ TIL there was a giant underground mall complex at the World Trade Center with a floor area of 365,000 square feet (33,900 square meters), which opened 1975 and was destroyed during the 9/11 attacks as well.