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TIL Medieval MMA exists in Russia.

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W7vkY TIL the character of Ernest P. Worrell was inspired by one of director John Cherry's dad's co-workers, a confident man who thought he knew everything, but actually knew nothing.
QJvOL TIL of the "subliminal message trial". The band Judas Priest were involved in a civil action that alleged they were responsible for the 1985 suicides of two young men
VMJM4 TIL that other than humans, chimpanzees and rats are the only animals that can laugh.
j6p4M TIL about Mortimer Taube, a pioneer in information and library sciences, whose "Computers and Common Sense: The Myth of Thinking Machines" (1961) and its analysis/critique of "thinking machines" is still relevant to today's discussions involving artificial intelligence
VKD8 TIL in 2007, there was a horrific accident in Tieling, China, where thirty tons of 1500°C molten steel spilled from a ladle and burst into an adjoining room filled with workers, killing 32. It was China’s most serious steel industry accident since 1949. Bodies had to be identified by DNA testing.