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TIL that “Imgur” is actually pronounced “im-ij-er” and not “im-gurr”

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rRX5W TIL "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" is a cover of a 1939 South African song called "Mbube," recorded in Zulu by Soloman Linda & the Evening Birds. The original is now public domain, but "The Lion Sleeps Tonight," with additional lyrics in English ("In the jungle, the mighty jungle...") is under copyright.
4XLWa TIL, the residents of Cheran, Mexico armed themselves and kicked out the ruling cartel as well as every politician and policeman. It now functions as a legal self-governing indigenous community with a crime rate near 0%
ANRVw TIL that at least five of the actors playing the Germans on the hit TV show Hogan’s Heroes were Jewish.
VM14G TIL that in 2006, a teacher and her students were trapped after their school disappeared under a huge mudslide in the Philippines. They managed to send text messages "We're still in one room, alive," But rescue proved dangerous, authorities were forced to conclude that no one had survived
W7XZ4 TIL that The Sedlec Ossuary in the Czech Republic is a Roman Catholic chapel decorated with the skeletal remains of over 40,000 people. Originally a cemetery, it's now a well-known tourist spot.