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TIL an estimated 90% of silent films are completely lost.

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rRXn1 TIL Johnny Cash once got into a fight with an Ostrich that sent him to the hospital with broken ribs and a laceration on his stomach.
0wnaN TIL Burger King has the rights to use its name throughout the entire United States, with the exception of a 20-mile radius surrounding a totally unrelated restaurant, also called Burger King, in Mattoon, Illinois.
LlYZ TIL: To test the concrete walls of nuclear reactors, the US Government flew an F4: Phantom into it at 500mph (800km/h)
awZkM TIL of Nicholas Vedeer who was the last surviving revolutionary war soldier in New York State when he died in 1862. He was photographed in his uniform sometime before his death giving an extraordinary picture of an actual American Patriot.
BgQ8d TIL that three dogs survived the sinking of the Titanic