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TIL that George Harrison mortgaged his house to provide $4 million dollars in funding for Monty Python's The Life of Brian.

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ne7BB TIL: one of the Marines in the iconic raising of the flag at Iwo Jima was an American Indian and Kris Kristofferson memorialized his life in a song.
gWRb TIL the longest coma ever recorded is 37 years and 111 days.
D1Ybp TIL that after the Taliban blew up two giant 4th-century Buddha statues, a network of caves were discovered which held ancient Buddhist paintings and another giant Buddha statue. This previously undiscovered statue was 62 ft tall, bigger than the two that were destroyed.
QJ9od TIL that singing clearly is possible with a speech impediment because singing and speech are processed by different hemispheres of the brain
epKJ TIL the mantis shrimp punches its prey with more force than a .22-caliber bullet.