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TIL that we have been warned that Iran will have obtained a nuclear bomb “within years” since 1984.

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XEGBX TIL there were two unrelated Exorcist prequels released by Warner Bros in the mid-2000's. Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist was directed by Paul Schrader and released in 2005, but WB re-tooled it into a more marketable film, Exorcist: The Beginning, in 2004. Both were critical and financial flops.
gMkwy TIL of the worst NY disaster prior to 9/11, the steamer Slocum in 1904. 1200 mostly women and children died. It wiped out the early German population of NYC.
yQvvM TIL that Ron Schur became obsessed with the salad dressing at The Galley Restaurant. He kept asking what was in it and every time he was told it was a secret. Finally, an annoyed waitress asked him, "If you want to know so badly, why don’t you buy the fucking place?" In 1989, he did.
8PkK TIL that every September, Usenet would get an influx of college freshman who would have to learn Usenet netiquette; in September of 1993, AOL began to offer Usenet access to its’ many users, overwhelming Usenet’s social norms and causing an “Eternal September,” which has lasted 7,279 days
7p4Z TIL a band bought $20k worth of their own tickets from ticketmaster and sold them back to fans at face value eating all the ticketmaster extortion fees.