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TIL the Nokia theme song is from a Spanish classical guitar piece…. 0:13

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d8EM9 TIL : Author HG Wells pretty much created the template for the modern day disaster movie with his 1897 short story "The Star". It tells of the Earths near miss with a meteor who's gravitational pull causes earthquakes, tidal waves, and the melting of the ice caps. Millions are killed.
OoyjL TIL Russia removed Saturday and Sunday from the calendar for 11 years to create a "continuous working week" from 1929 to 1940.
YpvEd TIL Balto, the Alaskan sled dog, was sold into the L.A. Vaudeville circuit after his 1925 serum run. A Cleveland businessman saved him from his showbiz squalor and Balto retired at the Cleveland Zoo. Since his death, was taxidermied and is on display at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.
69oxW TIL that if you know 2000 words in English, French or Spanish, you can understand 90% of conversation, while in Japanese same 2000 words give you about 65%.
4XLJX TIL: Mary Anne and Ginger are the last two surviving members of Gilligan's Island.