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

Casablanca

The movie was Casablanca and Conrad's performance was as the villainous Nazi, Major Heinrich Strasser. Though not his first role, it was one that would later define his entire career, at least by American standards. He became a huge hit, and the legend of this role was enough to hide his most terrifying past parts...

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The More You Know

  • Elvis only won 3 Grammys.
  • In 1945, Dwight D. Eisenhower predicted that people would try to dispel the holocaust as a falsehood, and ordered all possible photographs taken of the Nazi crimes to hinder any such attempts.
  • Yosemite means "those who kill."
  • The 100 folds in a chef's hat represent 100 ways to cook an egg.
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