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TIL in 1934 King George V said in response to the growing power of the Nazi Party that Germany was now the peril of the world, and that should it carry on at its present rate, there was bound to be a war within 10 years.

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8mPV TIL Edgar Allen Poe wrote a story about 4 crewman who are lost at sea and turned to eating the cabin boy named Richard Parker, 46 years later, an English Yacht sank and the remaining 4 survivors in a life boat turned to eating the Cabin Boy after he fell ill, also named Richard Parker
QNlEE TIL when Titanic went down, It took about 2 hours and 40 minutes which coincided with the broadcast time of the movie "Titanic 1997"
rde0 TIL Ingrown toe nails are only found in shoe-wearing cultures and are caused by downward pressure on the nail by the shoe
jNgdN TIL the use of phrenology was largely responsible for the racial divide that resulted in the 1994 Rwandan genocide which killed over 1 million people
e0dWL TIL that Peter Jackson filmed all three Lord of the Rings movies in a span of fourteen months.