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TIL a pack of stray Chihuahuas terrorized Maryvale, AZ in 2014

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awBjy TIL That the film "The Killing Fields" cast a real life survivor of the Cambodian Genocide. Hang S. Ngor survived three terms in Cambodian Prison camp by eating insects. He went on to win an Academy Award for supporting actor. His fate ended by being murdered my an LA street gang in 1996.
D11wj TIL: Charlie Chaplin's Tramp character is largely based on a character created by George Formby, Sr.
e0L6g TIL That the digits of interstate highways in the USA have meaning. For example, even-numbered highways like I10 and I90 run east-west, while odd-numbered highways like I5 and I95 run north-south.
6e6Z TIL that in 1909, the employees of the Triangle Shirtwaist Company went on strike, demanding a shorter work week as well as unlocked doors and sturdier fire escaped. They were denied the latter demands, and as a result many of the same workers died in the Triangle fire two years later.
MeQja TIL that the 'Baphomet Sigil' aka the pentagram with the goat in it is actually trademarked by the church of satan