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6911J TIL We Are the World was recorded following the 1985 American Music Awards, which were hosted by Lionel Richie at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles
oBW7o TIL the Soviets had their own spin on the Western genre of film called Osterns (Easterns). Instead of being set in the American frontier they were set in the Soviet union during the Russian Civil War
nWl6o TIL desertification and food production trends in the Mongolian Plateau and in northern, central, and southern China have paralleled the rise, decline, and collapse of China’s historical dynasties
EEGP TIL that when he was challenged to a duel by Prussian statesman Otto von Bismarck in 1885, scientist Rudolf Virchow selected two pork sausages as the weapons to be used.
QJAre TIL that Lt. Pham Quang Khiem managed to escape South Vietnam in April 1975 with 53 relatives and friends by stealing a C-130a and flying to Singapore. They were later flown to Guam and then the US, where Pham became a pilot for US Airways. The C-130a is currently at the National Warplane Museum.