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TIL in 2007 in Arizona, an earth fissure killed a horse that fell into a crack and couldn’t be freed

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198D TIL, Mozart had a sister (Maria Anna) who was also an accomplished musician and composer, sometimes even receiving top billing. She was no longer taken on tour with her famous brother once she reached “marriageable age”.
xevg TIL The “Do Nothing Congress” that Truman ran against passed 802 more bills than the current congress.
LkdZP TIL that the word Hallelujah comes from the Hebrew hallelu+Jah meaning “praise god.” It is synonymous with the Muslim phrase humdulillah, to the extent that Arabic-speaking Christians and Jews use humdullilah in place of hallelujah.
yQekX TIL the 2009 movie The Last House on the Left is a remake of the 1972 movie of the same name, based on the 1960 movie The Virgin Spring, based on Töres döttrar i Wänge (1812), a Ballad, remake of a longer version from 1673, which is the backstory of why the church of Kärna (1100s) has been built.
b6MyE TIL that Horace Tucker, the first mayor of North Las Vegas, committed two murders after leaving office.