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TIL, to scale, Mario has a 27 foot vertical jump

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6E4am TIL that Mark Twain authored a revised version of The Battle Hymn of the Republic in response to the US Imperialism and the Philippine-American War in 1900. Lines include "Mine eyes have seen the orgy of the launching of the Sword" and "As Christ died to make men holy, let men die to make us rich"
OoDKX TIL that the people on house hunters already bought a house before the show and the rest is staged
M90V TIL that the filmmakers of “Lord of War” used a real stockpile of over 3,000 AK-47s because it was cheaper than getting prop guns.
mxlAM TIL of a French man who despite having most of his brain eroded, lives a relatively normal, healthy life as a civil servant married with two children
Zr1D TIL Vladimir the Great of Russia was confronted with the choice of converting Russia to Christianity or to Islam. He eventually chose Christianity, because of Islamic teaching on alcohol, saying, “Drinking is the joy of all Rus’. We cannot exist without that pleasure.”