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TIL the 2008 film ‘Rambo’ provided a huge morale boost to the Karen Freedom Fighters in Burma, who even adopted dialogue from the movie (most notably “Live for nothing, or die for something”) as rallying points and battle cries.

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W70YX TIL shortly after the rock band Great White began performing in 2003 at The Station in Rhode Island, their tour manager set off pyrotechnics whose sparks ignited flammable acoustic foam. Within six minutes of the ignition, the entire building was engulfed in flames—100 attendees died.
ANQBn TIL: The first recorded Olympic champion was a cook named Coroebus, who won the stadion race in the ancient Olympics in 776 BC. The stadion race was a sprint of about 200 meters and was the only event in the first Olympic Games.
XEKaE TIL women's suffrage activists burned down the Orchid Houses at London's world famous Kew Gardens in the early 1900s, leaving behind a note that said "votes for women." They were never caught.
awedM TIL narwhals and beluga whales can mate to produce a hybrid called the Narluga
Pjow TIL The term “red herring” comes from when escaped inmates would use smoked (or red) herring to throw off the bloodhounds.