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TIL that despite the story that Cleopatra killed herself by letting an asp bite her, it was more probable that she killed herself using a mixture of opium and hemlock.

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4eaR TIL, for the 1993 movie Jurassic Park, Steven Spielberg wanted the velociraptors to be about 10 feet tall, which was taller than they were known to be and had dinosaur fans everywhere complaining. During filming, paleontologists uncovered 10-foot-tall specimens of raptors called Utahraptors.
kOB7d TIL a man attempted to board a cruise ship by bungee jumping off a bridge as it sailed below. He miscalculated the speed and suffered minor head injuries when he bounced off the ship’s tennis court, volleyball net and a deck railing before being left dangling in mid-air as the ship sailed away.
M77pV TIL that the Japanese Red Cross Society was well supported by Empress Shoken and other imperial family members since its inception in 1887 and among other efforts they donated $146,000 in relief funds to San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake.
j6wlM TIL Rajinikanth was not South-Indian; he was Marathi.
nexo TIL the real boss of the DiMeo/Soprano Crime Family from The Sopranos was Ericole DiMeo, who is incarcerated for the duration of the series, never appears on-screen, and is only mentioned in five episodes. Jackie Aprile, Junior, and Tony were only acting bosses.