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yBdM TIL in 1917, WWI U.S. troops in Paris stopped at the grave (composed of soil from the U.S.) of French Revolutionary War Hero, Marquis de Lafayette, and proclaimed “Lafayette, we are here!”
WkZyL TIL of Michael Fay, an American citizen who visited Singapore in 1993 and was sentenced to six strokes of the cane for vandalizing cars.
b9p8Z TIL a recent survey of the total Mountain Gorilla population estimated there are at least 1,004 individuals, reflecting a substantial increase since 2008. Due to this upward trend in population, their status has been changed from Critically Endangered to Endangered.
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!'
7rM97 TIL of Diren Dede, a 17-year-old exchange student from Germany, who entered the garage of Markus Kaarma looking for alcohol, and Kaarma deliberately set alcohol out as bait. Kaarma was sentenced to 70 years in prison for deliberate homicide.