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TIL that actor Joel Polis, who played Fuchs in John Carpenter's The Thing, went on to play Gary from Gary's Olde Towne Tavern, the rival bar in the TV show Cheers.

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G6EG TIL A large lake in Phnom Penh, Cambodia’s capital, disappeared within a few years because authorities allowed a company to develop the area. The once scenic park became a puddle after developers filled it in with sand in order to build properties
r5Nw TIL a hang glider by the name of Ewa Wisnierska was updrafted into a violent storm during a practice flight. She spent over 40 minutes unconscious still strapped into her glider at 32,000 feet and survived.
ejVn TIL Dave Chappelle converted to Islam in 1998. He said, “I don’t normally talk about my religion publicly because I don’t want people to associate me and my flaws with this beautiful thing”.
NXwWP TIL: Slash played guitar on three of the four most expensive albums ever made, he didn't play on GnR Chinese Democracy, which is the second most expensive album ever.
eKWD TIL in Battle of Saragarhi in 1897, 21 Sikhs soldiers of the then British Indian army fought 10000 Afghan tribal and killed over 600 of then before they were cut down to the last man