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TIL that when Daler Mehndi was criticized for using beautiful women to make his music popular, he made a video featuring only himself. It rose to become a hit in India and an internet meme.

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Wkym8 TIL that architect Antoni Gaudí wasn't able to finish the Sagrada Família because he died after being struck by a tram. He was left laying for hours and then only given rudimentary care because he was assumed to be a beggar due to his shabby clothes and lack of identity documents.
Rwej TIL that during the filming for Top Gun, the cameraman pilot entered a flat spin in order to gain footage. This is the same flat spin that was portrayed in the movie which would ultimately kill “goose”.The spin was unrecoverable, killing the pilot/cameraman.
6Wnm TIL that a sailor divided by zero and caused the USS Yorktown’s (CG-48) network system to fail, leaving it dead in the water.
m6xR TIL that grocery cashiers in the US are seldomly given chairs to sit during work (unlike in Europe).
lBOr TIL That many biblical scholars think that “In the beginning…” actually refers to the beginning of God’s reign because of Hebrew grammar and the other instances of the phrase.This would mean that God created everything with materials which were already in existence.