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TIL one of Stanford University's Founders may have been killed by its first President

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PY9vE TIL the original ending to Back to the Future would have Marty driving 88 mph towards a nuclear blast in a nuclear test site. However, Universal deemed it too expensive to shoot in the desert, so the lightning scene was instead shot at the Universal backlot and is shown in the final version.
JY5Av TIL that Stephen king was a huge Ramones fan and asked the Ramones to write a song for his 1989 movie pet Sematary based on his book Pet Sematary
rLMo TIL that in the Aboriginal Australian language of Ritharrŋu the polite response to a sneeze is “Klas bin gurruwan” meaning “You have released nose-water.” The sneezer then responds with “Bla mela nana!” meaning “I am dry now.”
QN9Ye TIL Bolivia has experienced more than 190 coups d'état and revolutions since its independence was declared in 1825
kO4P4 TIL That the person who played the original alien in the film Alien (1979) was a Nigerian by the name of Bolaji Badejo and he stood at a whopping 7'2"