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TIL: In the movie "The Poseidon Adventure", the Theme Song "The Morning After" was sung by Renee Armand and lip-synced by actress Carol Lynley. Maureen McGovern recorded the better known 'after-film' hit.

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VM7gm TIL about Bombay Beach in California. In the 1950s and '60s it was a thriving resort. Guests swam, water-skied, and golfed during the day, then headed to the yacht club to party into the night. Now, Bombay Beach is a bleached, rusted, abandoned wasteland. It's an apocalyptic landscape.
Z8WpB TIL In Italy there is a supervolcano called Campi Flegrei. If it explode the entire Campania will be erased,the world temperature will be lower of several degrees,the ashes coming from the volcano will block the sunrays in the whole world leading to the death of many plants and animals
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16yP7 TIL that Westminster Palace, the home of both Chambers of British Parliament is home to no less than 30 bars that are subsidized by the taxpayers
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