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Til that the Human population dropped to as low as 40 breeding adult couples

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mxRJM TIL that the studio recording "Jordan" by Buckethead was allegedly done in an unbroken, continuous take.
QJ8xd TIL in the Halloween film "Hocus Pocus," Billy Bucherson coughed up real life moths. He was fitted with a mouth piece, which consisted of a latex pouch that held the dirt and moths.
0LXN TIL an Irishman called Peter Lacy is considered one of Russia’s greatest generals his tactics helped to defeat the Swedes at Poltava and he managed to cross The Crimea to battle the Turks when others had failed due to his knowledge of weather and tidal patterns
wLxyE TIL Only in the U.S. and New Zealand is direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs legal.
XrbE TIL The first man to finish the 1904 Olympics marathon rode in a car most of the way. The winner was carried across the finish line after ingesting poison. Fourth place took a nap en route. One of the two first black Olympians came in ninth after being chased a mile off course by wild dogs.