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TIL that more academic papers have been written about Buffy the Vampire Slayer than any other popular culture phenomenon

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e88k TIL King Tut was so insignificant as a pharoh that the Egypyians forgot where they buried him and accidently built another tomb on top of his. That’s why his wasn’t looted like every other known pharoh’s tomb.
16Wm4 TIL that Nikola Tesla once worked for Thomas Edison but left due to a disagreement over payment for his work on improving Edison's DC power systems. Tesla went on to develop AC power systems, which became the basis for modern electrical grids.
6ErrQ TIL that the RMS Carpathia only heard the Titanic's distress call because Carpathia's wireless operator, Harold Cottam, was listening to his telegraph while getting into his pajamas, several minutes after his shift had ended. Had he signed off when he was supposed to, there may have been no rescue.
a8PrL TIL that in 1933, U.S. Roosevelt ordered Americans to sell much of their gold to the government. While exceptions were made for jewelry, art & teeth, possessing more than $100 of gold coins, bars, or bullion was penalized by steep fines or up to 10 years imprisonment. The order lasted until 1974.
M0xV TIL in 1967 the Australian Prime Minister was walking along a beach in Victoria when he plunged into the surf and vanished without a trace.