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TIL Vending Machines Kill More People Than Sharks Every Year

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X57R TIL In 1932 two gold miners dynamited a huge section of rock from a mountainside in Wyoming & found a sealed cavern with a 7 inch tall fully developed mummy. X-Ray & Photo courtesy of Chicago Field Museum.
D1N4D TIL actor Brandon Lee, Bruce Lee's eldest son who, while filming The Crow, was accidentaly shot and killed by a co-star with a prop gun that had a dummy round tip lodged inside the barrel. After a year of re-shoots the movie was released and met critical acclaim and is now considered a cult classic.
vJbj TIL that in 1884, mine workers on strike pushed burning carts into the mines in New Straitsville, OH and started a 132 year underground fire that burns to this day. Massive amounts of coal were burned and residents of the area had reportedly used hot water from nearby wells to make instant coffee.
0dJ9j TIL the Pathenon base (stylobate) was built curved in the two directions in order to make it look perfect from the distance
8ebBb TIL Gene Hackman lied about his age to join the Marines at 16.