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Today, we morbidly wondered, do you get anything if you survive a plane crash?

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7rYxb TIL in Indiana Jones and the last crusade, Most of the uniforms, worn by the Nazis in the Berlin book burning scene, are authentic World War II uniforms, and not costumes. A cache of old uniforms was found in Germany, and obtained by Costume Designer Anthony Powell to be used in the film.
xVk0w TIL Russian GDP from 2013 to 2016 went from 2.2 trillion to 1.2 trillion, a larger decrease than the Great Depression in the U.S.
6948Z TIL: The Horses of Medieval Times Weren't Much Bigger Than Modern-Day Ponies
8e9mK TIL That a US postal worker out on disability for her shoulder was charged with fraud after being seen on The Price is Right spinning the big wheel, twice.
LvW9 TIL Russian President Boris Yeltsin in 1995 was found on Pennsylvania Avenue, drunk, in his underwear and trying to hail a cab in order to find pizza