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TIL Barbara Eden spoke real Farsi when meeting Larry Hagman’s character in the first episode of I Dream of Jeannie, and her dialect was coached by a UCLA professor

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lobX5 TIL that few months after the Iranian Revolution of 1979. The holiest place for Muslims Masjid-al-Haram (Kaabah) was seized by insurgents (and their leader claiming he is the "Mahdi"). After 14 days of fighting and negotiations with Saudi clerics, the Saudi army finally gained control.
kOePd TIL In 1952, President Truman gave the first televised tour of the White House. He explained its history, stopped in front of paintings and furniture to tell stories, and even played the Steinway piano in the East Room
XEZJ6 TIL that just as % means occurrences per 100, ‰ (a permille) expresses occurrences per 1000.
Gr74 TIL the population of the United States quadrupled between 1820 and 1870
kJoWW TIL : The government of new south wales estimated that it will take 4 years to complete Sydney Opera House but instead it took 14 years with 1400 times the estimated cost.