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TIL - The Indiana Jones theme has secret lyrics

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Y7XEd TIL that the Polish opera "Halka" was staged in Cazale, Haiti, to highlight the village's connection with Poland: Many of its inhabitants are descendents of the Polish legionnaires sent by Napoleon to put down the Haitian Revolution.
8XP8 TIL that the first known aqueducts were built by Sennacherib, King of Assyria, for the city of Nineveh around 700BCE - 400 years before the Romans built their aqueducts.
gk74 TIL in 1997, an “anonymous party” sold 1.5 million shares of Apple stock, causing Apple to hit a 12-year low in stock price. That event lead to then-CEO Gil Amelio stepping down and placing Steve Jobs as new CEO of Apple. That anonymous party was later revealed to be Steve Jobs himself.
JY8WV Great Red Spot’s days are numbered and it’s possible that it could be entirely gone within our lifetimes.
ndJ9 TIL A woodpeckers tongue wraps around its head to prevent it from getting headaches when slamming its face into trees