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TIL the Tetris theme is actually a Russian folk song called “Korobeiniki.”

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rRoEM TIL about Ashvamedha, a ritualistic horse sacrifice in ancient India where a horse is allowed to wander for 1 year protected by the king's guards. If no rivals manage to kill or steal the horse after a year, it is returned and sacrificed in the city capital, legitimizing the soverignty of the king.
J1Odj TIL that in 1986, Australian cricketer Dean Jones played a match in India while severely ill. Due to the extreme heat, he urinated and vomited several times. He lost 7 kgs during the match and doesn't remember the game. Jones scored 210 runs, in what is considered one of the best performances ever.
loLNV TIL: The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has been updating a 'Doomsday Clock' showing how close we are to the 'end of the world' since 1947. The 2020 update puts us closer than we've ever been to catastrophe: 100 seconds from 'midnight'.
AD9ba TIL of Cahkoia, a great Native American city near current day St Louis, which had a population in 1250 AD bigger than London
mxJwM TIL that one of the most expensive wine bottles that was never to have been drunk was a 1787 Margaux from Thomas Jeffersons Collection, the owner brought it to a restaurant and a waiter knocked it over. Insurance payout was $225,000 in 1989