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TIL John Krasinski fought for a deaf actress Millicent Simmonds to be cast in 'A Quiet Place'; she taught everyone sign language on set.

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Z8ayY TIL in 1898 a group of Indian railroad workers were stalked by a pair of man-eating lions that killed at least 35 of the labourers and stopped constuction before being shot to death.
l7N9A TIL the US Postal Service has a podcast and they cover True Crime stories such as their investigation into Patrice Runner, a fake psychic who impersonated an also fake but real European psychic to con people out of $175 million in several countries.
nedZb TIL: A guy called Arnold Potter who thought he was Jesus rode a donkey to the edge of the bluffs, whereupon he leapt off the edge intending to "ascend," but instead fell to his death. His body was collected and buried by his followers.
GYQb7 TIL that a DC man with the license plate “NO TAGS” has received $20,000 in tickets due to his plates being the same phrase police use to ticket unregistered cars.
VBRZm TIL about the us support for 1965 indonesia massacre