"Joker" Was Based On This True Story of an Unhinged Man

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In 1941, Conrad knew he had to make a change to keep his career afloat. He decided to relocate to America and try his luck at a big Hollywood career. He figured he would get typecast as a Nazi due to his aggressive German accent. He made an oath to himself that these Nazi characters were always depicted as evil villains, and one character changed his life…

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The More You Know

  • More people are bitten each year by New Yorkers than by sharks.
  • The space between your eyebrows is called the glabella.
  • Martin Luther King Jr. had a C in public speaking.
  • Portland was named by a coin flip. Had the coin landed the other way, the city would be known as Boston, Oregon.
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