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TIL that Richard Gere has effectively been banned from Hollywood for speaking out against China

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OWv1 TIL that in Crystal Palace Park, London, are the oldest-known dinosaur sculptures, based entirely off fossil findings discovered in the 1850’s. They are very inaccurate.
Me958 TIL the first doughnut machine was made in 1920 to meet the demand for doughnuts as a breakfast food item following WW 1. Adolph Levitt, a Jewish refugee who came to America fleeing czarist Russia, designed the machine and began selling fried doughnuts from his Harlem bakery in NYC.
X0eyD TIL The head of the Gestapo during WW2, Heinrich Muller, was never found. Multiple conflicting stories about his death or survival exist, and he's one of the highest ranking 'missing' Nazis.
RPZ8 TIL a guy in Toronto had a huge party in his apartment across the street from a large commercial bank’s HQ (RBC). The CEO calls to tell him to shut his blinds, because no work was getting done. All eyes were on the strippers.
edo5 TIL that 88% of execution by lethal injection go underdosed, with 43% having post-portem concentration indicating awareness.