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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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l9wK TIL that shortly before the outbreak of World War I, Grigori Rasputin publicly spoke out against Russia going to war with Germany. Stating: “If Russia goes to war, it will be the end of the monarchy, of the Romanovs and of Russian institutions.“
nenkY TIL Girl Scouts is now sponsored by weapons manufacturer Raytheon.
e076D TIL that a high school in Baltimore has implemented mindfulness in their school and they have seen a dramatic decrease in suspensions and fights and an increase in attendance and GPA by replacing things like detention with a Mindful Moment Room.
VB448 TIL a German woman stalked her doppelganger on Instagram, lured her with a fake beauty offer, then brutally killed her to fake her own death—but got caught eating pizza the next day.
epAEg TIL: Until it's collapse in 1991, the Warsaw Radio Mast was the tallest radio tower ever built at 2,120ft. It was built with the intent to broadcast communist propaganda worldwide.