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TIL that many of the props used in Mel Brooks' 1974 film "Young Frankenstein" were originally used in the 1931 Frankenstein film.

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b9p7Z TIL Nancy Wake was a secret agent during WWII. In 1944, she led 7000 guerrillas to defeat 22000 German soldiers, killing 1400 Germans and only losing 100 men. They accounted for 70% of the Germans killed by the French resistance, yet their fatalities made up only 1% of the French resistance deaths.
E1Ygx TIL among the thousands of men on the Normandy beaches on D-Day there was one single woman. Martha Gellhorn, a rogue war correspondent who stowed away in the toilet of a hospital ship and also happened to be the third wife of Ernest Hemingway.
D1kLJ TIL: Jean Meslier (1664-1729) was a French Catholic priest, actually an atheist, who left after his death an entire book criticizing religion
eMm4 TIL that in Singapore, car registration is typically $50,000 ~ $70,000 due to their “Certificate of Entitlement” system designed to reduce road congestion and promote public transportation
J1Rrv TIL the 1992 Fiorentina football shirt was used by the team for several months before people noticed it was covered in swastikas. It was withdrawn from use