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TIL King Leopold II of Belgium turned the Congo into one massive slave plantation that resulted in an estimated 10,000,000 deaths, with historians comparing him to Hitler and Stalin.

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d8ZvK TIL that the movie Apocalypse Now has the most movie mistakes of all time, as documented by viewers (558 mistakes). Followed by The Birds (546 mistakes) and Wizard of Oz (423 mistakes). The single "Best Mistake" was from Star Wars (1977) where a storm trooper hits his head on a door frame.
8ayOL TIL, the eye drops can travel down your throat
A4Zw TIL in feudal Japan lords purposely built homes with squeaky floors as a defensive measure against ninjas.
DQnOj TIL Jerry Springer was born in a London underground station to German-Jewish parents in 1944, when the tube was being used as a World War II bomb shelter.
J1lMQ TIL On November 2nd, 1963, Reviewing The Beatles' concert the night before in Cheltenham, England, the British paper Daily Mirror uses the headline "BEATLEMANIA! It's happening everywhere ... even in sedate Cheltenham"; effectively inserting the phrase into the popular consciousness.