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TIL an Austrian woman’s firestove exploded when she used a piece of wood that grew around a WWII grenade that was stuck in it

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M7b7a TIL tattooing was a fad among Victorian aristocrats, especially women. They hid their ink, since it was still associated with criminals. King Edward VII, his sons, and Winston Churchill's mother all had tats. The fad spread to the US, where one paper said ~75% of upper class women were tattooed.
gMD8D TIL what the fox really says.. Woke up in the middle of the night hearing someone scream in the backyard. it sounded like someone being tortured. Turns out, it was a fox (not my recording, but it was pretty similar)
eRok TIL: there is a record entitled ‘The Best of Marcel Marceau’ which is nothing more than 38 minutes of complete silence followed by thunderous applause. Marcel Marceau was a mime…
AD0rx TIL Tim Burton became popular after directing Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure, personally chosen by Pee-Wee actor/creator Paul Reubens. Burton had recently been fired from Disney for creating the short film Frankenweenie, as it was deemed too dark and scary for children.
DQn7D TIL that the three incredible robots in the classic 1970's science fiction film Silent Running were not robots at all, but were essentially costumes worn by actors who had suffered multiple amputations and could fit in the robot shells and wore them as costumes.