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wNWE TIL that it is possible to drain the Mediterranean sea by closing the Gibraltar straight. This was the idea behind Hermann Sörgel’s Atlantropa project - the plan to create Lebensraum in a European-African supercontinent.
kOVjd TIL evidence showed that during the seven and a half months preceding Elvis's death -- from January 1, 1977, to August 16, 1977 -- Doctor Nichopoulos wrote prescriptions for Elvis for at least 8,805 pills, tablets, vials, and injectables. Going back to January 1975, the count was 19,012.
0dABL TIL during the filming of the music video for Michael Jackson’s "Thriller", many famous entertainment figures visited the set. This included Marlon Brando, Fred Astaire, Rock Hudson and Jackie Kennedy Onassis.
kkeB TIL Americans find rapists more trustworthy than atheists
DQgye TIL that Nixon extended the Vietnam War for political gain