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TIL of Palantir CEO Alex Karp, he has tai chi swords in his offices, highly skilled with handguns, can't drive a car and has former elite Norwegian soldiers as guards. He once said, "I love the idea of getting a drone and having light fentanyl-laced urine spraying on analysts that tried to screw us"

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9dZM TIL that the film ‘Waterloo’ had so many extras in the battle scene that the director was in command of the 7th largest army in the world
0dN4M TIL the famous silent film Nosferatu (1922) was given an unauthorized rerelease with sound in 1930 that used previously unreleased footage. This version survives today, albeit without sound, but has never been released on home video.
xVOmb TIL, UHAUL's founder Leonard Shoen was born on Leap Day, February 29th, and the year he was born on, 1916 is a leap year!
X0Y9r TIL during Leon Trotskys assisination he fought back fiercely, breaking the assasins hand. But was struck in the head with an ice axe. When guards rushed in, they nearly killed the assasin, but Trotsky insisted he be interrogated. Despite emergency surgery, Trotsky died the next day from blood loss.
xprB TIL the villain Sarris in Galaxy Quest was named after film critic Andrew Sarris; upon learning this, Sarris said “It probably won’t make enough money for me to sue for $10 million”