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TIL the TV movie 'Without Warning' presented as if it were an actual breaking news about meteor fragments crashing into the Earth created an uproar. Channels ABC, Fox, & NBC were flooded with complaints, asking them why they were not covering this event at the same time that CBS was covering it.

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J1mej TIL the origin of the name of Mount "Pilatus", overseeing Lucerne in Switzerland, has been a matter of debate and theories, which include Pontius Pilate being buried there or that the mountain looks like the belly of a large man/Pilate lying on his back.
YpxeB TIL that foxholes dug by American soldiers during the Battle of the Bulge in WWII still exist in the French woods to this day
KOdwB TIL after the movie Office Space premiered, Swingline received requests for red staplers, which they stopped selling years prior. Due to high demand, they began to produce the red staplers again. They would later become the company's best selling stapler and transform the image of the company.
Y7Ejv TIL in 1995 convicted murderers Daniel Luther Heiss & Shane Baker escaped from prison after Heiss discovered the key printed on the prisoners' information handbook was the master key to the entire prison. Baker had jewelry-making equipment in his cell & made a copy of the key. Both were recaptured.
p8wdb TIL About the battle of Shipka Pass, in which 5,500 Bulgarian volunteers and 2,500 Russian Soldiers defended against a 40,000 strong Ottoman army and successfully held their position.