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TIL When the Beijing 2008 Olympics Flame arrived in Pyongyang, a thousand full-dressed Koreans and Chinese overseas students greeted it at the airport. The Pyongyang leg of the torch relay started from the Tower of the Juche Idea and concluded at the Kim Il Sung Stadium

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LknQr TIL Edgar Rice Burroughs earned just $400 USD for his first published story in 1912. However, 'Tarzan' would become a hit. Burroughs purchased a ranch in California in 1915-1919 & the citizens the community elected to name the city Tarzana, California.
8aakL TIL in 1996 an instrument failure caused a plane to lose control and crash just after takeoff, killing 189 people. It was later determined that the device used to measure airspeed was blocked by a wasp nest
VMjMG TIL in 1937, dancer Patricia Douglas was assaulted at an MGM party. She hired a lawyer and tried to sue, even going to the federal court after the state court dismissed her suit. MGM spread lies about her, claiming she was promiscuous and had a venereal disease, and covered up the crime.
l9QV TIL that radical British Islamist preacher Anjem “Andy” Choudary failed his first year university exams due to excessive partying.
8eMa TIL that the Coptic Christians who were recently attacked and continually persecuted are ironically the last guardians of the spoken ancient Egyptian language.