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TIL that the Tetris theme song came from a russian folk song by the name of Коробе́йники

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Ylnd TIL middle aged black men started visiting doctors less after news of the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment scandal broke in 1972. This led to their life expectancy falling by 1.4 years, which accounted for “approximately 35% of the 1980 life expectancy gap between black and white men.”
jMmR TIL that The Beatles officially broke up at Walt Disney World
OGgNe TIL that Tim Burton was originally chosen to direct Spider-Man 2002 but eventually declined because "I'm just a DC guy", citing his experiences filming Batman and Batman Returns, and thus, the directing role was given to Sam Raimi.
W7w4 TIL only 3 of the 12 people on board the Enola Gay knew the purpose of their mission to Hiroshima
p84Nb TIL a team of thieves stole $18,000 worth of tracking devices from a warehouse. They were apprehended within hours