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TIL blockbuster films are named after a bomb
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TIL of John Hines, an Australian soldier, nicknamed the souvenir king.
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Today I learned that the United States overthrew a liberal, democratically-elected government in Iran in 1953, and many other democratically-elected governments such as Salvadore Allende in Chile 1973
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TIL that Patrick Stewart hated having pet fish in Picard's ready room on TNG, considering it an affront to a show that valued the dignity of different species
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TIL Gobekli Tepe, a stone age “temple”, is decorated with pillars of elaborately carved foxes, lions, spiders, snakes, scorpions & vultures posed to twist & crawl. It predates Stonehenge & the written word by 6,000 years. It extends across 22 Turkish acres. In the 60s it was dismissed as a cemetery.
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TIL before proposing to Melinda, Bill Gates presented her with a whiteboard listing out the pros and cons of getting married.