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TIL that John Cazale (Fredo Corleone from “The Godfather”) appeared in only five films during his lifetime. All five were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Three of them won.

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woGA7 TIL that in Iceland alone there are 111 'Blood farms' - that forcibly extract huge quantities of blood from pregnant mares - horses. The blood is used to create a hormone (PMSG) that is given to factory farm pigs to increase the size of their litters.
X0MYP TIL The CIA uses music to torture prisoners. Some songs include the Meow Mix commercial song, Barney & Friends theme song, Sesame Street theme song, Real Slim Shady by Eminem, and more
6W7J TIL the English invented the myth that carrots make you see better as propaganda during WWII to help conceal their nighttime vision secret weapon (radar)
wLJwM TIL of the Corrupted Blood plague, a virtual plague which struck World of Warcraft in 2005
0dE9p TIL Ike Turner’s Rocket 88 is the first rock n roll song but considered obscure in history. The song's significance on white teenagers in 1951 was not large but it was a huge record on the black charts