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TIL the sample used as the iconic intro and riff of Dr. Dre’s “The Next Episode” was recorded by the guy who plays Dr. “Ducky” Mallard on NCIS.

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0gMM TIL that a tribe once surrendered to Julius Caesar, only to launch an attack later on. As punishment for the deceit, he sold the entire surviving population of about 53,000 people into slavery.
9eM6 TIL that North Korea made their own Netflix service…and it’s called Manbang
NmLJ TIL: That Joseph Goebbels became Reich Chancellor after Hitler’s suicide, he completed one official act in the position, and within one day of getting this position he killed himself along with his immediate family.
gM7L4 TIL in the US in the late 19th Century it was briefly fashionable for people to form "13 Clubs" where they would dine in groups of 13, walk under ladders, spill salt at the table, etc. to demonstrate their lack of superstition. Several future US Presidents participated.
DvYe TIL Alfred Hitchcock directed a remake of one of his own movies, The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934 and 1956). Both of which have 89% and 91%, respectively on Rotten Tomatoes.