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TIL the meaning of Kraftwerk's song "Radioactivity" has evolved since debuting in 1976: it started as an observation of radioactivity being "in the air for you and me", then by 1992, had become an anti-nuclear protest with new lyrics. By 2012, "Fukushima" was added to the list of named disasters.

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K0Qa TIL famous gangster Johnny Stompanato stormed onto a movie set in the UK and pointed a gun at actor Sean Connery due to jealousy involved in Stompanato’s affair with Lana Turner, only to have Connery take the gun from him and force him from the movie set.
9LZr TIL: When asked about rape committed by Soviet troops during World War 2, Stalin explained that “a soldier who has crossed thousands of kilometres through blood and fire and death has fun with a woman or takes some trifle.”
xVOy7 TIL about Käthe Heusermann - assistant to Adolf Hitler's dentist. She was the reason the Soviet intelligence knew Hitler was dead for certain. She was imprisoned for 6 years in Moscow and sent to hard labour in Siberia for 4 years before being allowed to return to East Germany.
wLol6 TIL that when the Queen of England dies, Operation London Bridge will commence. It is an originally secret protocol meant to handle the news and organize the country's 12-day mourn. Several news channel rehearse this even every year, replacing her name with "Mrs. Robinson".
X0Vwk TIL that serial killer Edmund Kemper had applied to become a state trooper, but he was rejected because of his size. He was 6’9 and weighed over 300 pounds. At this point, he had already murdered his grandparents and served a sentence for it.