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TIL The Roman – Persian wars are the longest in history, lasting over 680 years. They began in 53 BC and ended in 627 AD.

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oKjK TIL that Crispin Glover wasn’t actually in Back to the Future 2; it was all spliced archival footage from BTF1. He sued Spielberg for doing that and won.
JYd68 TIL in Ancient Rome some condemned prisoners were executed onstage at the theater as "actors" for famous death scenes
XEA6X TIL Laika, the first Soviet Space Dog died within hours due to overheating. This was not made public until 2002; it was widely reported that she died when her oxygen ran out on day six or, as the Soviet government initially claimed, she was euthanised prior to oxygen depletion.
PAVL TIL that airbags work by using a magnet that holds a metal ball which gets released under specific forces - closing an electric circuit that inflates the pillows.
yVVl TIL the Partnership for a Drug Free America, who created the “this is your brain on drugs” ad, has received several million dollars from major pharmaceutical, tobacco and alcohol corporations