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TIL British director Ken Russell was once challenged to create a film that even he would want to see banned. The result was “A Kitten for Hitler”

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YGmv TIL that, with the exception of 2004, the Nickelodeon specials “Kids Pick the President” have correctly predicted the winner of every U.S. presidential election since 1988.
p6jG TIL: An Electrical Engineer once named his five children Electron, Positron, Neutron, Deutron and Proton. One of those children is Doctor Electron Kebebew who is a leading cancer researcher and top earning civil-servant in the US.
LLE0 TIL that Ancient Greek cities honored victorious Olympian athletes by demolishing part of the city wall so that, on their return, they wouldn’t have to use the gate like ordinary mortals.
aQj0 TIL that a man named Edward Leedskalnin, with a 4th grade level of education, built a 1000 ton castle single handed for the love of his life over the course of 28 years only for her to leave him the day before the wedding.
8aWNZ TIL 11-year-old Grace Bedell wrote to Abraham Lincoln in 1860 saying she hoped he would be the next president but urging him to grow a beard. She stated "You would look a great deal better for your face is so thin".