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TIL: 2 of 920 people survived the Jonestown Massacre. Hyacinth, who hid under her bed and Grover Cleveland Davis, who was 79 years old and hard of hearing. He slept unknowingly throughout the death assembly.

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OGa7 TIL the Egyptian king Psamitk I led an experiment to discover the origin of all languages by isolating two new-born babies, then waited for them to begin speaking unaided. It was agreed Phrygian was the original language of Mankind.
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OoJ61 TIL Actor Martin Sheen has been arrested more than any other person in Hollywood (66 times for civil disobedience.)
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awdo9 TIL that CNN prepared a doomsday end of the world video to be broadcast by the last surviving employee. It was leaked by a former intern in 2009.