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TIL: Debbie Harry & Andy Kaufman starred in a Broadway play about wrestling; closed after 1st night

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Y7vXG TIL Stephen King wrote The Running Man in a single week. This is in contrast to his normal 2,000-word or 10-page daily output, so that writing a novel normally takes him approximately 3 months.
E1LjP TIL that Ancient Roman concrete was stronger than modern.
ZRjD TIL the main vehicle for the US Postal Service, the Grumman LLV (Long Life Vehicle), gets an average fuel economy of 10 miles per gallon.
NXMgQ TIL that in November 1954, a woman in Alabama survived being struck by a meteorite that hit the roof of her house, bounced off a radio and hit her in upper thigh and hand. She was left with a large bruise on her side but was otherwise not seriously injured.
0d9jN TIL that in 1993, China had its first multi-camera comedy series, I Love My Family, inspired by the popularity of Mandarin-dubbed episodes of Growing Pains.