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TIL There is a demon personification for each of the 7 deadly sins and that Satan and Lucifer are seperate

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KOWg4 TIL It is estimated that 80 to 90 percent of all silent films are lost. According to research by Library of Congress only 14 percent of the 10,919 silent feature films released by major American studios between 1912 and 1929 is located and preserved.
wlyW TIL that on 12 April 1945 as the end of the war approached, members of the Hitler Youth distributed cyanide pills to audience members during the last concert of the Berlin Philharmonic
wgwW TIL there’s something called Tetris Syndrome, which happens when you play a game too long and you start to dream and hallucinate about it in your peripheral vision.
ADKZd TIL Sylvester Stallone signed onto the film Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot based on rumors that Arnold Schwarzenegger was interested in the lead. Schwarzenegger confirmed a rumor that, knowing the script was "really bad", he had publicly faked interest in starring for producers to lure Stallone.
xVXZ5 TIL When the KGB tried to blackmail Indonesian President Achmed Sukarno with videotapes of the president having sex with Russian women disguised as flight attendants, Sukarno wasn't upset. He was pleased. He even asked for more copies of the video to show back in his country.