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TIL That despite the many references to Germany in Django Unchained (a film set in 1858), Germany didn’t exist until 1871.

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6yyW TIL after 9/11, Iran held a minute of silence, and 60,000 Iranians attended a candlelight vigil for the citizens of their enemy. Many other countries hostile to the US set aside their difference to pay respect to the scale of the tragedy.
NX6Ke TIL the original story of "Frankenstein" was written by an 18 year old runaway and mother, Mary Godwin ("Shelley" after marriage) when her pregnant stepsister's boyfriend, Lord Byron, created a contest for his friends to write the best ghost story after a cold summer night talking of gruesome things
RX06 TIL that Dustin Hoffman’s aunt warned him “You can’t be an actor. You are not good-looking enough.” When discussing ‘The Graduate’ (1967), his first starring role, 'Life’ magazine joked that “if Dustin Hoffman’s face were his fortune, he’d be committed to a life of poverty”.
b9rLN TIL the FDA has cleared the world’s first portable, low-cost MRI. It costs $50K USD which is 20x cheaper than traditional systems, runs on 35x less power, and weighs 10x less than normal 1.5T MRI machines.
wop9J TIL about Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA), a disorder characterized by extreme, uncontrollable anxiety in the face of anything perceived as a "demand." Those with PDA may try to avoid not only the demands of others, but also the demands of their own body, such as for hunger or sleep.