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TIL that third Mithridatic War Was Interrupted by a meteor crashing between two opposing armies.

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MJlV TIL Stephen King threw away his original drafts of “Carrie” because he couldn’t write from a woman’s perspective. His wife retrieved them and launched his career.
g5Yy TIL Orson Welles’ radio adaptation of “War of the Worlds” never actually caused a mass panic in 1938. This rumor was created by newspaper journalists in an attempt to discredit radio as a medium because they felt threatened by it.
OoM6g TIL that in 1962 a pair of con artists tried to convince a Mexican village they were Incan gods. They hired a prostitute to impersonate an Incan goddess as part of the scam. The prostitute took over the now-growing cult, and intiated a series of grisly murders and human sacrifices
mx7xv TIL that the city of Toronto Canada is trying to save a 250 year old tree! That is older than Canada itself.
N7E48 TIL in 1578, the king of Portugal launched a crusade against Morocco. The crusade ended with a single battle wherein the king of Portugal, the sultan of Morocco, and the previously deposed sultan of Morocco all died.