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TIL The final episode of MAS*H was two and a half hours long and was viewed by an audience of 121 million.

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b8wj TIL that King Vladimir I of Kiev converted the Rus to Christianity instead of Islam because of the prohibition on alcohol, saying “Drinking is the joy of all Rus.”“
R9D1 TIL that a Gurkha Soldier of the Indian Army single handedly fought off 40 armed bandits with his knife killing 3 and injuring 8 to save a girl from getting raped during a train robbery in India.
QJlXd TIL in 1946, a black WWII veteran was taking a bus home in uniform, and asked the driver to stop for a bathroom break. The driver called the police, and the local chief of police arrested the man, beat him, and gouged out his eyes with a nightstick. The officer was acquitted by an all-white jury.
PxKJ TIL Jackie Chan’s Son Will Get None Of His $130 Million Fortune, he said “If he is capable, he can make his own money. If he is not, then he will just be wasting my money.”
jNlyj TIL that Super Bowl XXVII was originally to be hosted in Tempe, Arizona, but was moved after voters rejected an initiative to recognize MLK Day. After it eventually passed, the NFL awarded Super Bowl XXX to Tempe three years later.