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TIL Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart live in the same building and ride to work together.

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R7OVw TIL that collective punishments is a war crime, as stated in the Hague Regulations and the Third and Fourth Geneva Conventions.
wKnY TIL Christopher Lee; Hunted Nazis, is related to Charlemagne and explained to Peter Jackson how a man sounds when stabbed in the back while filming LOTR. Since he had witnessed it before.
8LWb TIL That the New Horizons spacecraft is carrying a U.S. Quarter, in a nod to Greek Mythology, to pay the ferryman Charon.
QNGwX TIL about “Dancing Mania”, a social phenomenon in Europe which involved outbreaks of up to thousands of people dancing erratically. Participants suddenly became violent at the color red, and would sometimes dance for days, or even to death.
VB794 TIL Paul Bettany was in blue makeup for many scenes in WandaVision because red makeup appeared too dark in black and white.