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Til the Iranian blizzard of 1972 was the deadliest blizzard in history. It dropped up to 26 feet of snow and killed over 4,000 people. Those few who survived the -13 degree Fahrenheit temperatures were without water, food, heat and medical aid for days

R5jX1 TIL In 1949, a Spanish-language version of Orson Welles' 1938 War of the Worlds radio adaptation aired in Ecuador. When listeners in the capital city of Quito learned it was fiction, the citizens rioted and burned down the radio station and news outlet, killing at least seven people.
QJwNe TIL a 6 year-old, Bea Dean-Lewis, was playing a computer game with her mom, who suddenly collapsed. Bea knew she wasn't sleeping since she snores, so she used her mom's fingerprint to unlock her phone and call the ambulance, saving her life.
9YoDQ TIL Nebraska passed a "Safe Haven Law" to ostensibly allow infants to be abandoned at certain locations without abandonment charges. However, it had no age cap, so people would abandon teenagers and older kids.
XEkR6 TIL George Harrison wrote his last ever letter to actor Mike Myers. In the letter, he praised the Austin Powers movies, and told Mike about his Dr. Evil doll. Mike received the letter on November 29th, 2001, the date of Harrison's demise.
vZER TIL that the disclaimer “No animals were harmed during the making of this film” can be put on movies, even if animals died during the production, as long as cameras weren’t rolling at the time.