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BgJ7L TIL that the volcanic destruction of Pompeii didn't kill everyone; archeologists now believe most of the population survived, based on the lack of carts, horses, ships and valuables in the ruins; they've also found later inscriptions with Pompeiian family names in nearby cities
ebv5 TIL that David Prowse hasn’t yet received his residual checks for Return of The Jedi because according to Hollywood Accounting, the film hasn’t turned a profit
e0QML TIL that Frank Sinatra's Strangers in the Night was actually just a translation of a song by the exact same name, "Stranci u Noći" by Ivo Robić, Croatian singer that lived in my city
9YXbD TIL that a county in Oregon advertised that it was hiring Klingon translators for its mental health program, in case patients came into a psychiatric hospital speaking nothing but Klingon. They later clarified that this wasn't a situation they had faced, and only a precaution for a hypothetical case
R5Nrl TIL the US won the gold, silver, and bronze medals in tug of war at the 1904 Summer Olympics.