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TIL In 1910 when Hollywood merged into Los Angeles, there were already 10 movie companies operating in the city at the time. By 1921, more than 80 percent of the world's film industry was concentrated in L.A.

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wLkw7 TIL: One of the world's biggest mysteries is a 19' granite monument sitting on one of the highest hilltops in Elbert County, GA. The Georgia Guidestones are engraved in eight different languages and the first of ten guides or commandments etched in stone is: “1. Maintain humanity under 500,000,000”
GOO7 TIL in 1973 while performing a concert in San Francisco, Keith Moon, the drummer for ‘The Who’ passed out because of severe drug and alcohol intoxication and was rushed to the hospital. Shortly afterwards a fan named Scot Halpin went on stage and finished the show in Keiths place.
ekPE TIL that Saudi Arabian textbooks, which are used by Muslim schools around the world, teach students that homosexuals should be executed, that Jews are “Apes”, and that Christians are “Swine”–and these are the versions that have already been toned down and scrubbed for hate-inciting speech.
7DlZ TIL that ancient egyptians used moldy bread as treatment for infected burn wounds, possibly already utilizing the antibiotic effects of molds accidently discovered by Alexander Fleming.
KYbwG TIL about Demetrio Stefanopoli; an alleged descendant of the Byzantine House of Komnenos whose claim was recognised by the French monarchy. Napoleon apparently wanted to use him to help start a Greek rebellion, even considering him for the Greek throne. His niece was the lover of Honoré de Balzac.