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TIL - Actor James Woods reported the four terrorists of 9/11 before the attack, but nobody believed him.

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W7Rv8 TIL about the Zulu philosophy 'Ubuntu', which translates roughly as 'I am because you are': a philosophy of the interconnectedness of all individuals regardless of differences.
jWxM TIL that Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, the respected commander of German forces in East Africa during WW1 was offered a job by Hitler in 1935. He told Hitler to “go fuck himself” though other reports say he didn’t “put it that politely.”
e078D TIL a 17 year old online trading scam artist was killed via a bomb that one of the people he scammed sent him in the mail in retaliation
epjen TIL studies have shown that in over 90% of factitious disorder imposed on another cases (first named Munchausen syndrome by proxy), the abuser is the mother. Fathers not actively involved play a passive role in the abuse by being frequently absent at home & rarely visiting their hospitalized child.
jvDM TIL that the reason Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back started with Luke being attacked by a Wampa is because Mark Hamill had been in a car crash at the end of filming of A New Hope which caused damage to his face. Lucas wanted to justify Mark’s new look