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WJ4B TIL that the Israeli postal service receives more than 1,000 letters addressed to “God” every year. Instead of disposing or archiving them, the undeliverable mail department opens them, and puts them between the cracks of the Western Wall.
gMGvL TIL in ancient Sri Lanka, they used winds driven by the yearly monsoons to power some of the first steel-making furnaces to produce what's called Wootz Steel.
vPLyr TIL of Ken McElroy, who was shot dead in front of up to 46 witnesses, but nobody was able to be convinced to take the stand due to his reputation and behaviour. The killer has never been prosecuted.
oBDlR TIL Heinlich Himmler chose Wewelsburg Castle for the SS based on occult prophesies. They renovated it before moving in, & one of the rooms in the building became known as "the Grail Room" with a rock crystal representing the Holy Grail being placed in a central position.
0wb61 TIL the cars that played Sonny Crockett's Ferrari Daytona from Miami Vice actually weren't genuine Ferraris, but 1976 and 1981 Chevrolet Corvettes rebodied to look like Ferrari Daytonas.