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TIL that Wikipedia had to ban IP’s from Congress to stop them from changing each other’s entries.

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QNMGe TIL that Texas is larger than any country in Europe. Not only that, if it were its own country, it would be 40th out of 193 in size.
1VOd TIL; bill paxton is one of the only people to have ever been killed by a terminator, predator, and ALIEN.
0w9BR TIL Spartacus led his escape from his ludus/slavery by gathering about 70 slaves who seized kitchen utensils to fight their way free. They then seized several wagons of gladiatorial weapons and armor. They defeated legions that chased after them and eventually swelled their numbers to about 70,000.
QNxJL TIL that Steamboat Willie was attached to Gang War, a movie that has since faded into obscurity and is now considered lost.
7rmbL TIL Pakistan was actually two countries, with 'East' and 'West' Pakistan. East Pakistan was over 1300 miles away and subsequently became the country of Bangledesh in 1971.