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TIL For every victim of 9/11 the US have killed approx. 169 Iraqis.

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ejgE TIL that during the filming of Jurassic Park, Dr. Ian Malcolm distracting the dinosaur with a flare was included at Jeff Goldblum’s suggestion, as he felt a heroic action was better than going by the original script, where like Gennaro, Malcolm would get scared and run away.
WkYNN TIL about the “Cornerstone Speech”, in which the Vice President of the Confederacy stated that the perpetuation of slavery was the primary goal and purpose of secession from the Union
YpKdP Today I learned that the first hijacking of an airplane was by a South African and three Kiwis during WWII
QJV9E TIL on October 31, 2011, a baby girl named Danica May Camacho, was chosen by the United Nations to symbolically represent the 7 billionth person on earth. To mark this global-population milestone, October 31 was named Seven Billion Day.
jLRv TIL That Adam Sandler is the 5th highest paid actor in Hollywood. He earns more per film than Tom Cruise, Johnny Depp, and Leonardo Dicaprio.