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TIL That Hanns Scharff, One of the most succesful German Luftwaffe interrogators of WW2 became a world-renowned mosaic artist after the war, going on to create the 15 foot mosaics telling the story of Cinderella in the Cinderella Castle at Walt Disney World.

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Wx5B TIL the shouting at the begining of “The Lion King” is Zulu for “Here comes a lion, father” and “Oh yes, it’s a lion”
lodyr TIL that in 2007 a group of otters at the Bronx Zoo forcefully drowned a langur in full view of visitors and other langurs. The langurs had been tormenting the otters, so they united and exacted revenge by drowning the monkey and left its dead body afloat for the other langurs to see.
gxNb TIL that after Bob Dylan offered The Beatles marijuana when he first met them in 1964 he was shocked to find out they weren’t regular smokers. Dylan had misheard the lyric ‘I can’t hide’ from 'I Want To Hold Your Hand’ as 'I get high’.
aP1b TIL the man most responsible for the Rwandan Genocide was only sentenced to 35 years in prison.
Lkm6d TIL The Edge of Daybreak, a 70s R&B band, recorded their album Eyes of Love in prison. The album was recorded in one take in the visiting room.