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TIL: The screenwriters of the 1957 film "Bridge on the River Kwai" were on the Hollywood blacklist, so the non-english speaking author of the book the film was based on was credited as the screenwriter instead. The film won an academy award for screenwriting.

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K8BQ TIL sometimes people fall when they’re shot because of a psychological predisposition to. Not because of any immediate physical reason, even if shot in the heart voluntary movement is capable for 10-15seconds.
R7Y11 TIL the monarch in the UK cannot be prosecuted for any crime. In theory, this means somebody could murder their way up the chain of succession. Providing they are not caught before they become the monarch, they will be able to get away with it without any legal issues.
yDYe TIL that Sergei Prokofiev’s funeral cascet was covered with hand drawn flowers, because there was an order that all the flowers from florists should go to Joseph Stalin’s funeral. Only 40 people attended Prokofiev’s funeral.
VMLEG TIL that the real Johnny Appleseed did plant apples on the American frontier, but that they were mostly used for hard apple cider. Safe drinking water was scarce, and apple cider was a safer alternative to drink.
W79RA TIL that the first chemotherapy drugs were chemical weapons related to mustard gas. Scientists noticed that mustard gas victims had reduced blood production, and speculated that injecting the chemical intravenously might also reduce cancer cell growth.