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TIL Raiden from Mortal Kombat was inspired by “The Three Storms” from the 1986 movie “Big Trouble in Little China”

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6wLw TIL of 1177 BC: The year that civilization collapsed. In a short period of time all empires along the Mediterranean collapsed violently;including the Egyptian, Hittite, and Mycenaean empires.Almost every significant city in the eastern Mediterranean world was destroyed, and historians don’t know why
694mX TIL that David Allan Coe, a famous country music singer, is a retired member of the Outlaws MC Louisville, Kentucky chapter.
Lk6k0 TIL while filming Armageddon Ben Affleck asked Michael Bay why they would train oil drillers as astronauts instead of the opposite to which Michael Bay told him to ‘shut the f*ck up’
NXX5E TIL that Khazar, a Turkic language from Central Asia which became extinct by the 13th century, has the smallest known body of literature of any language: only one written Khazar word, meaning "I have read", has been found.
M8RA TIL Australia have the kangaroo & emu on their coat of arms because both animals can not walk backwards. Thus presenting themselves as a forward moving nation.