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TIL that a closed bedroom door increases your chances of surviving a house fire by an extreme amount.

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l7xPB TIL about the Children’s Crusade, where thousands of European children thought that God would allow them to take over Jerusalem, even though 3 previous crusades had failed
b9jWE TIL While filming "Barry Lyndon" in Ireland Director Stanley Kubrick received word his name was on an I.R.A. hit list for directing a movie featuring English soldiers. Star Ryan O Neil said "He was given 24 hours. He was gone in 12."
eJon TIL the Romans loved Chinese silk so much that the Senate banned its wearing by men in 14 A.D. It was hurting the economy as way too much silk was being imported and not enough of other stuff, like iron.
OGGLg TIL in 2010 the US Air Force built a supercomputer out of 1760 PS3s. It was the 35th most powerful supercomputer in the world at the time and used 10% of the energy of comparable systems.
gMMQX TIL that the filming of Leonardo DiCaprio's "The Beach" permanently damaged the ecosystem of the island where it was film, prompting Thailand's Supreme Court to get involved in the legal case against 20th Century Fox