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TIL the Tsar Bell has been destroyed in fires twice. The current version is the largest bell in the world, and has never been rung. However, students at UC Berkeley simulated it's ring in 2016.

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vPXVx TIL a movie version of the SNL sketch Sprockets was supposed to be made in 2000. However, it was cancelled when Mike Meyers (Dieter) didn't approve the script. The scriptwriter was Meyers himself!
ppwN TIL:The video “Runaway” Train by Soul Asylum had different versions depending in what country it was shown. They each showed photos and videos of missing kids from the areas where it was shown. 26 kids from the video were eventually found.
1WWV TIL YKK not only makes 90% of the world’s zippers, they produce the whole process - from smelting their own brass and building the zipper-making machines to making the boxes they ship in
KkEB TIL A guy dressed up as an armored truck driver and tricked Walmart into giving him $75,000.
Ax47 TIL autism is not actually on the rise. Studies have shown that the apparent increase in autism cases stems from changes in how physicians define “autism”.