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TIL That Rick Moranis hasn't started in a live action film in over 27 years

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L189 TIL there is a clock being built inside a mountain that will keep time in centuries, chime every 1000 years, and last at least 10000 years.
neEp7 Today I learned that when a streetcar hit a bus Frida Kahlo was on, she was impaled by a handrail, fracturing her spine and pelvis. Due to these severe injuries and the long recovery, Frida took up painting to pass the time. She is now considered to be one of Mexico's greatest artists.
oRPp7 TIL in the 1991 movie Hot Shots, Charlie Sheen's character gives a shoutout to Paula Abdul, who would soon after marry Charlie's real-life brother, Emilio Estevez.
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VBlvB TIL of "Earthquake diplomacy" between Turkey and Greece which was initiated after successive earthquakes hit both countries in the summer of 1999. Since then both countries help each other in case of an earthquake no matter how their relations are.