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TIL Medieval writers frequently drew glorious battles between knights and snails

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n5Eo TIL The World’s 15 Biggest Ships Create More Pollution Than All The Cars In The World
PMjn TIL there is less time between now and when Cleopatra reigned, then there was between Cleopatra and when most of the pyramids had been built…
gMbr8 TIL the John Lennon-commissioned documentary "Did Britain Murder Hanratty" was only publically shown once, in 1970.
VnJQ TIL that the Michigan Theater, once one of the most beautiful pieces of architecture in the Midwest, is now used as a parking garage.
vPPNx TIL about the movie "Saved from the Titanic," released just 31 days after the disaster. It starred an actress who'd been aboard the ship and wore the clothes she'd worn the night it sank. Reportedly traumatized by reliving the tragedy, she quit acting soon after. The film was lost in a 1914 fire.