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TIL that of the ten deadliest wars in human history, six of them were Chinese civil wars

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BrG8e TIL that the character of Captain Ron, played by Kurt Russell, in the 1992 comedy of the same name was based off a real Captain Ron and trip the screenplay writer took with his family from Florida to Texas in 1969.
aG1N TIL that Marvin the Martian was created as a satire of Cold War era Soviets. Marvin is from the red planet, wears red, feuds with Bugs Bunny (who represents the USA) as a parody of the Space Race, is armed with missiles capable of incredible destruction, and has an obsession with global domination.
8a8j4 TIL about the Bystander Effect, a psychological phenomena in which the more people present at an emergency, the less likely someone is to intervene
OVb6 TIL A Boeing 727 aircraft was stolen out of an airport in 2003. Neither the plane, nor the two men aboard were ever found.
mRx TIL when you pull Sellotape off the roll, high energy X-rays are emitted. Sometimes, enough are given off that an X-ray image of the users finger could be produced.