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TIL that before the Jonestown massacre, the People's Temple put together an "Entertainment Night at The Pavilion", which included music, skits, sermons, and other things.

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0wJry TIL of Chau Smith, a woman who ran 7 marathons in 7 consecutive days on 7 continents in celebration of her 70th birthday.
dME7 TIL- When cranes (the bird) sleep, one bird acts as a sentry. The sentry holds stone in its claw so that if it falls asleep the stone will drop the stone and the sentry will wake.
nmL7 TIL that the youngest person to be executed in the USA was a 14 year old black boy who didn’t get a fair trial and had to sit on a Bible in order to fit into the electric chair.
Me5WA TIL the monument in front of the tomb of Wu Zetian, China's only female monarch, has no inscriptions. Among the many explanations given: she saw her great achievements as indescribable; she didn't want the scholars to smear her name; or as a Buddhist, she considered life and death to be meaningless
aO5J TIL KitKats are considered to be good luck in Japan because the Japanese reading of “KitKat”, “kitto katto”, sounds similar to “kitto katsu”, a phrase which translates to “surely win”