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TIL Stanislav Petrov holds the title as “The man who saved the world” after stopping all out nuclear war

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nyKY TIL that if you add the hunters from Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania and West Virginia, you would end up with more armed people than the largest Army in the world. If you add the rest of 46 states, this number would dwarf any Army in the world.
B6kd TIL that Bill Murray was only paid $9,000 for his role in Rushmore, he also gave Wes Anderson a cheque for $25,000 when Disney wouldn’t pay for a helicopter for a montage scene.
l7jo5 TIL that the autopsy concluded that Layne Staley (Alice in Chains vocalist) died two weeks before his body was found, on April 5, the same day his grunge colleague Kurt Cobain died eight years earlier.
dovj TIL as early as 3,400 years ago, ancient Danes were being buried with Egyptian-made jewelry, including beads from the same workshop as King Tut’s death mask. A researcher working on the beads believes that there might be a connection between Egyptian and ancient Nordic religion.
gMPrX TIL that Spongebob Squarepants’ pet, Gary the Snail’s real name is Gerard Wilson Jr. Gary the Snail’s father happens to be a brother of Herb Star, Patrick Star’s father, making Gary the Snail and Patrick Star first cousins.