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TIL the actress that plays "plain" sister Mary in Pride & Prejudice is the same as the hot host greeter in Westworld.

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LQYR9 TIL that Nazi commander Dirlewanger's troops performed experiments on Polish citizens that resulted in their deaths, then their corposes were cut into small pieces, mixed with horsemeat, and boiled into soap. Dirlewanger was described as "perhaps the most sadistic of all commanders of World War II".
QJ6eM TIL that in the 1970s, American Kitchen Foods released 'I hate peas!', which were just peas disguised in a fry-shaped format to get more kids to eat peas. The product, along with the rest of the 'I hate' line, was not well-received by kids.
nW5XP TIL we don't know how or why Writer's Cramp occurs
gMagW TIL “Happy Birthday” is now in the Public Domain after Time Warner was sued in 2016
awywb TIL that after the Sex Pistols said the f-word on the Bill Grundy show in 1976, lorry driver Jason Holmes was so outraged he kicked in the screen of his brand new TV and complained to Thames Television about the damage