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TIL in Venezuela in 2007, a man woke up during his autopsy

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RWLQ TIL that Croatian fascists created a type of knife literally called a “Serb cutter” in order to faster kill prisoners in concentration camps during WWII with concentration guards holding contests to see who could kill the most in one day (the record was 1,360)
a8DaN TIL Edith Piaf's team and peers originally deemed "La Vie en Rose" weaker than other songs she was working in, and she set it aside for a year before changing her mind and deciding to record it, and then it became the song that made her internationally famous.
e685 TIL the New Testament requires Christian women to wear head coverings, while the Qur'an does not.
Eg1Ro TIL Mariano Marcos (the father of former Philippines dictator Ferdinand Marcos and grandfather of president-elect Bongbong Marcos), was executed by guerillas for alleged collaboration with the Japanese. His hands were tied to water buffaloes who riped his body apart alive in different directions.
XlNk TIL in 1988 George Lucas spoke out against the altering of films & importance to preserve original versions