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TIL Joseph Stalin tried to have John Wayne assassinated.

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NmnP TIL People who have facial Botox injections have difficulty identifying emotional expressions in facial photos. Scientists suspect the Botox prevents facial mirroring which hinders the brain’s ability to interpret emotions in others.
6ryY TIL in 1996, as a April Fool’s Day prank, the Taco Bell Corporation took out a full-page ad that appeared in six major newspapers saying that it had bought the Liberty Bell and was renaming it the Taco Liberty Bell. The National Historic Park in Philadelphia received hundreds of outraged calls.
LZD0 TIL that around half of the USA’s nuclear arsenal is inside of 14 submarines.
rnEM TIL in 1994 a woman killed her husband but was found not guilty because of PMS.
XyM8 TIL - The Only Japanese Who Survived the Titanic Lost His Job Because he was Known as a Coward in Japan for Not Dying With the Other Passengers