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TIL The Simpsons 2019 "Treehouse of Horror" Will Be Episode 666

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a8Geo TIL In 1855, a Portuguese writer who didn't speak English wrote a book in English full of unintentional errors. The book ended up being famous, with a version prefaced by Mark Twain.
ZWdG TIL Cold War spy satellites from the 1960s took pictures of 10,000 ancient cities and ruins in the Middle East which nobody knew existed until they were re-examined in 2014. The images were made before modern cities overran many archaeological sites.
NvYE TIL that Turk Edwards, an NFL player on the Washington Redskins, suffered a career ending injury during a coin toss.
LOmd TIL in 1912 a group of investors were sold a 480 inch instead of a 480 foot skyscraper for $200,000 because nobody bothered to read the plans properly.
rRw1e TIL The Pareto principle states that often roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes, & originated in the observation that 80% of Italy's land was owned by 20% of the population. The richest 20% of the world also get 82.70% of the income.