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TIL the first British pilot to be shot down in WWII was in a friendly fire incident three days into the war

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6mr7 TIL that The Shawshank Redemption’s director and writer, Frank Darabont, was offered $2.5 million from Rob Reiner to let him write and direct it instead, and cast Tom Cruise as Andy and Harrison Ford as Red. Darabont refused, saying that this was his “chance to do something really great.”
loVm7 TIL that Christopher Meloni will reprise his role for a new SVU-spinoff series, where Stabler comes out of retirement to lead an NYPD Organized Crime task force. I I would enjoy that as L&O:SVU is one of my favorite shows. This new one is L&O: Organized Crime.
X0GAP TIL that the world’s first true electric car, the Flocken Elektrowagen, was built by Andreas Flocken in 1888. This wooden, high-wheeled vehicle was powered by an electric motor on the rear axle, achieving speeds of around 15 km/h.
wbEo TIL: The original Rambo 3 VHS release had in the end credits: “Dedicated to the brave Mujaheddin fighters”, later changed to “Dedicated to the gallant people of Afghanistan.”
BrQwk TIL Morocco was the first country to formally recognize the United States