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TIL in Phantom of the Opera (1925) there is a mysterious prologue with a man holding a lantern talking. No surviving dialogue or title cards exist, and historians are unsure of where this scene came from

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DQjg TIL that a man in India was wrongly declared dead by the government, and to disprove this he had to go as far as contesting against the incumbent Prime Minister in an election.
a84rM TIL that after filing a lawsuit for assault against UFC fighter Conor McGregor in 2022, which left her with a broken arm, a Dublin woman had her car set ablaze outside of her home, and later, had a brick thrown through her window. The woman subsequently dropped her suit against Conor McGregor
gyk8 TIL that U.S. Route 491 had its name changed from Route 666 in 2003 after people petitioned the American Association of State Highway & Transport Officials as they believed altering the name might lift the curse that many thought had been placed on the road.
p7ZO TIL that Bruce Lee could snatch a dime off a person’s open palm before they could close it, and leave a penny behind
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