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TIL: The United States top export to China is Garbage

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l8M7 TIL there is a Calvin and Hobbes search engine
6ExZQ TIL that crowd noises for the movie 'Spartacus' [1960] were recorded at Spartan Stadium of MSU. Prior to a football game between MSU and Notre Dame, 76,000 spectators were instructed by actor John Gavin [Caesar] to roar, 'Spartacus! Spartacus!', 'Hail Crassus' and of course, 'I'm Spartacus!'
ZplrQ TIL the “Tylenol murders” were the driving force behind tamper-resistant packaging for over-the-counter meds
Zk8G TIL Bob Denver (aka Gilligan from Gilligan’s Island) is the great grandson of James W. Denver, the man for whom the city of Denver CO is named.
Wk0dL TIL a study titled "Where Are They Now?" in 1978 followed up on 515 people who were prevented from attempting suicide using the Golden Gate Bridge from 1937 to 1971. About 90% were either alive or had died of natural causes, concluding "suicidal behavior is crisis-oriented" rather than inexorable.