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TIL The Middle East is experiencing its worst drought in 900 years

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vLpR TIL Marvin Gaye died from a gunshot to the heart at point blank range after intervening in an argument between his parents. His father fired the fatal shot.
JMJv TIL that when ZZ Top reconvened after a 2-year hiatus in the late 70s, vocalist Billy Gibbons and bassist Dusty Hill had both grown their now-iconic chest-length beards – without each other’s knowledge. Meanwhile, drummer Frank Beard had shaved off all of his facial hair.
vPg08 TIL the vocalizations of the velociraptors from Jurassic Park are actually the sound of tortoises mating. Sound designer Gary Rydstrom set up recording equipment at Marine World and sat around for hours capturing the audio.
jN0Xn TIL that 3 weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese Imperial Navy had submarines off the coast of San Francisco ready for a Christmas Day attack on the Golden Gate Bridge. One single torpedo was fired and was found buried on Marshall Beach next to the bridge in 1946
6wN7 TIL. There is the - hyphen, the longer – en dash (Alt+0150), and the longest — em dash (Alt+0151).