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TIL Lenin spoke at Laura (daughter of Karl) Marx’s funeral

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x6aA1 TIL most audio recordings contain a background "mains hum" from electric power grid oscillations that can be matched with grid readings to date the clip to the second it was recorded.
rGE4 TIL that the intro to Disneys “Lion King” is unapologetically stolen shot for shot from an old anime called “Kimba The White Lion”
Ekwd TIL that Runescape has been remade inside Minecraft, including Tutorial Island and Quests.
ZREv TIL that right beneath Beverly Hills is an active, productive oilfield that has been active for over a century, and as of 2009, still has 11 million barrels of oil left to be mined, and includes an oil rig located right next to the Beverly Hills high school, disguised as an ordinary building.
m15AY TIL the average person loses around .14 grams of fecal matter when they get into a pool or hot tub.