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TIL that Richard Nixon got drunk and ordered a nuclear strike on North Korea before sobering and cancelling it

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9Ykkm TIL of the horrific murder of Junko Furuta, whose case details were so morbid, they caused court spectators to faint when read aloud.
P1Xn TIL that during WWII, George de Hevesy dissolved two Nobel Prize medals with aqua regia to prevent the Nazis from stealing them. After the war, the gold was precipitated out of the acid, and the medals recast.
5rmk TIL that a shot in Hannibal of a flayed naked couple was unacceptable to NBC due to the fact that their butts were visible. As a compromise, the director offered to fill their buttcracks with blood to make the shot less offensive. NBC agreed
BMgD TIL instead of receiving a diploma, Stephen Colbert received a yellow piece of notebook paper asking him to see the Dean after graduation because he had not completed a required class.
grvoL TIL that a scene in "Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones" and "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" share the same score. It's suspected that the mix-up occurred due to a confusion between John Williams, the composer, and William Ross who was assisting John Williams with the project.