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TIL Clint Eastwood is an anagram of Old West Action

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nWgBW TIL the Ottoman Empire lasted until ca. 1922
EgnD0 TIL that Steven Spielberg couldn't find an airport that would allow him to film 'The Terminal', so he shot it instead in a hangar in a classified complex once used to build the B1-B bomber.
9wN0X TIL life expectancy in the Bronze and Iron Age was 26.
b6EX4 TIL Medieval Peasants generally received anywhere from eight weeks to a half-year off. At the time, the Church considered frequent and mandatory holidays the key to keeping a working population from revolting.
eax4 TIL that dying by crucifixion was considered so shameful in the ancient world that early Christians made up an alternate ending in which a man was mistakenly crucified in Jesus’ place.