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TIL Temple of Doom is a Prequel to Raiders of the Lost Ark. RotLA is set in 1936 and TOD is set in 1935

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PYwVJ TIL rust can kill you. Rusting metal consumes oxygen and can lead to death especially in confined spaces like holds of ships. In 2007, three people suffocated one after the other in the anchor locker of a vessel because rust had consume all the oxygen.
0wmrj TIL that in 1924 China's main currency was the Mexican dollar
wAgM TIL David Phillips paid just over $3000 for pudding to receive 1.25 million frequent flyer miles. He also received $800 back in tax deductions for donating most of the puddings to charity.
8Bx8 TIL that J.P. Morgan bailed out the United States treasury twice to avert financial crisis.
5VQKB TIL that due to "Subjective Age" most children and adolescents feel older than they really are. But this switches at around 25. By age 30, around 70% of people feel younger than they really are, with the discrepancy between actual age and subjective age growing over time.