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TIL in the coldest of Russia's northern towns, people will leave their cars running from Fall to Spring lest the car batteries freeze solid.

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AND1w TIL James Cameron was refused permission by the Picasso Estate to use Les Demoiselles d’Avignon but he used it anyways. Its depiction in Titanic suggested the painting sank to the bottom of the ocean did not please the Picasso estate
E1D7w TIL on March 20, 2007, David Letterman became ill less than an hour before his show was to start. Adam Sandler, who was to be one of his guests that night, filled in for him and hosted the whole show
R7wv6 TIL the bubonic plague killed an estimated 200 million people and it took Eurasia 200 years to recover lost population
vPxb8 TIL of 28 year old Tommie Woodward, who chose to swim in a Texas bayou after sunset while exclaiming “F%*# the alligators”. He was then fatally attacked by an 11 foot American Alligator.
lW5N TIL that the MG-42 (german machinegun) fired so fast that human ear couldn’t discern the sound of individual shots being fired, instead hearing a sound described as like “ripping cloth” or a buzzsaw.