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TIL The Canterbury Earthquake distorted train tracks in 2010
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TIL John Carpenter filmed twelve minutes of additional material during the production of Halloween II for scenes to be added into the TV broadcast of Halloween. The extra scenes were filmed so Halloween would fit into a two hour time slot on NBC.
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TIL that Swadesh list is a list of the 207 most common words in any language, great if you want to start to learn a new language
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TIL: On August 13, 1966, in response to John Lennon’s “More popular than Jesus” comment, a radio station in Texas held a burning of Beatles merchandise. The next day, the broadcast tower was struck by lightning, damaging much of their equipment and sending the news director to the hospital.
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TIL that in 1975, Australia had a government shutdown over their budget. The Prime Minister and all of Parliament was fired, forcing them to restart from scratch. They haven't had a shutdown since.
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TIL in WW2 an RAF Airman jumped out of his burning plane with no functioning parachute and freefell 18,000 feet. He survived with minor injuries.