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TIL that the "Dead Sea Scrolls" were discovered in the 1940s, a set of ancient scripts written by an independent Jewish sect called the Essences

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8aVDL TIL that although Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture was written to include cannons firing and cathedral bells, synchronising them with an orchestra proved all but impossible. It wasn't until 1954 that composer Antal Doráti mixed a studio recording with cannons and bells, finally playing it as intended.
6EZa7 TIL the comic book series, The Crow, was originally created by James O'Barr as a means of dealing with the death of his fiancée at the hands of a drunk driver.
QJgvL TIL that BumbleBee Tuna had an awful fatality in 2012 where an employee was pressure-cooked... Alive...
Or6e TIL that Sherlock, a 7 year old TV show that’s ended its 4th season, has 13 episodes in TOTAL.
ON6L TIL medical mistakes kill over 250,000 Americans each year. If they were a disease, they would be the 3rd leading cause of death in the US.