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TIL Orson Welles' famous drunk outtake for a wine commercial was only shot to have proof for their insurance that they would be unable to film the commercial that day

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PYkRV TIL that those wounded while fighting in the French Foreign Legion can immediately apply to be a French citizen as they are "French by spilled blood".
JYlgV TIL that Touch the Clouds was a Chief of the Lakota Indian Tribe. He was a friend of Crazy Horse. Fought in The Battle of Little Bighorn. Some historians report he was around 6'10, 280 pounds. He was a great warrior, highly intelligent, diplomatic and well respected by Natives and white men alike.
kRR1 TIL a state in Italy existed successfully without any type of government for almost 400 years
p8rMN TIL the first 'talking car', the 1982 Datsun 810 Maxima, stored its voice messages ("lights are on", "left door is open", "fuel level is low", etc.) on a 3-inch, shock-resistant, plastic phonograph record.
0dv55 TIL in a 1977 Speech in Warsaw, U.S. President Jimmy Carter's translator mistranslated several remarks, stating that President Carter had abandonded the U.S never to return, and that he wished to get to know the Polish people 'carnally'.