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TIL that knowledge is not power

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46bJ TIL a statue of a Roman emperor in Britain was vandalized in 2003 with (grammatically correct) Latin
QNPVk TIL Bangladesh has the record for deadliest tropical storm in recorded history with 300,000 - 500,000 fatalities.
pY0Xb TIL in Phantom of the Opera (1925) there is a mysterious prologue with a man holding a lantern talking. No surviving dialogue or title cards exist, and historians are unsure of where this scene came from
nek4P TIL in the 80's the police bombed a Philadelphia black activist group called MOVE, killing 11 people including 5 children
pYoEO TIL Marge Simpson once "wrote" a letter to Barbara Bush in response to some critical comments FLOTUS shared about The Simpsons. Barbara Bush replied and said this in her letter: "Clearly you are setting a good example for the rest of the country. Please forgive a loose tongue." Ladies made peace.