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TIL 80% of all marriages in history are between second cousins or closer

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l7PV TIL the original broadcasts of MAS*H in the UK contained no laugh track (as was intended by the show’s creators). It was only because CBS required it that the show had a prominent laugh track in the U.S.
0d8jp TIL during the making of "Jurassic Park," the terrifying sounds of the velociraptors were created by recording mating tortoises for their communication barks and using horse and goose sounds for breathing and hissing, respectively.
pR0p TIL that North Korea Still Owes $393,000,000 For Volvos It Bought In 1974…and still uses today.
pYBY4 TIL The second Prime Minister of India, Lal Bahadur Shastri, died in mysterious circumstances in 1966. No autopsy was ever performed, the Indian Government released no information about his death, and the media was kept silent. His death is considered to be one India's biggest unsolved mysteries.
KpJa TIL London only reached its pre-WW2 population level in January, 2015.