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TIL the entire world's population could fit inside Los Angeles.

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oRxE7 TIL: 81-year-old folk singer Bob Dylan is still actively touring and simultaneously a very prolific visual artist. In 2022 he created a full size boxcar welded out of ornate wrought iron, his largest piece yet.
NXXMP TIL that during the US invasion of Grenada in 1983 soldiers had to rely on tourist maps with grid lines hand-drawn on them, and use copies of The Economist magazine for intelligence as the invasion was ordered on such short notice.
WkWEd TIL: Bradley Nowell, the lead singer of the band “Sublime”, died on May 25th, 1996 from an accidental heroin overdose. He was 28 years old and had gotten married a week before his death.
b9jra TIL the epic historical film, Quo Vadis (1951), grossed $21 million at the box office in 1951, which is $210,000,000 today. It used 32,000 costumes and over 30,000 extras appeared. Its success is credited with saving "MGM" from bankruptcy. It was filmed at Benito Mussolini's film studio in Rome.
AEAa TIL In 1832 the US Supreme court ruled in favor of the Cherokee Indians wanting to remain on their native land. President Andrew Jackson ignored the order and tens of thousands of Cherokee were forcibly removed from their homes and marched to Oklahoma. Thousands died on the mach, the Trail of Tears.