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TIL: Stephen King was terrified as a child when he saw the movie Bambi, calling it the first horror movie he saw.

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J1ayl TIL Asian studies major Alex Sigley became interested in North Korea while studying at Shanghai's Fudan University where he first met North Koreans. He later transferred to Kim Il Sung university, one of three students from Western nations and stayed there for more than a year until he was detained
rNW5y TIL Michael Peterson AKA Charles Bronson once let his hostage go because the hostage farted in front of him and he was disgusted by it.
7r65b TIL Some lightning rods on the tops of buildings were made with radioactive materials. It was thought that the surrounding air, ionized by radiation would be more conductive and make the lightning rods more effective
8nmL TIL: January is named after Janus, the Roman God of two faces, one that looks back to the past and the other that looks forward to the future
o5ME TIL that art used to be an Olympic sport.