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TIL that Hulk Hogan throwing Rocky out of the ring in Rocky III (1982) was loosely based on an actual fight between Chuck Wepner and André the Giant in 1976.

by whatilearned August 29, 2022, 7:25 am

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TIL of the Chinese submarine Ming III, which was found drifting by fishermen in 2003 after all the crew asphyxiated from the diesel engine using all the oxygen. The dead sailors were all at their posts, implying they died quickly without knowing there was a problem.

by whatilearned August 19, 2022, 2:45 pm

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TIL that Paul McCartney initially had the release date for his album “McCartney III” set for December 11th, 2020. However, he postponed its release by a week after learning that Taylor Swift had herself postponed the release of her album “Evermore” out of respect for McCartney.

by whatilearned August 10, 2022, 3:35 am

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Was Perkin Warbeck Prince Richard (One of the Princes in the tower) also King Edward’s IV son who was supposedly murdered by King Richard III?

by HistoryBuff August 5, 2022, 10:18 pm

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TIL that Heavyweight Boxer and Grill Aficionado, George Foreman, has 5 sons, all named George – (George Jr., George III, George IV, George V, and George VI)

by whatilearned July 13, 2022, 6:00 am

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Collection of letters to George III and George IV from rulers of Asian countries including China, India, and the Ottoman Empire now available online from the Royal Archives at Windsor

by HistoryBuff July 5, 2022, 8:46 pm

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TIL the terms Latino/Latina came from the French word Amérique Latine. Coined by Napoleon III, it was used in an effort to imply cultural kinship to Mexico and justify French intervention as well as to combat the ever growing Anglo-Saxon presence in America.

by whatilearned June 27, 2022, 3:19 am

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TIL that Seals mega-hit ‘Kiss From a Rose’ originally debuted in The Neverending Story III before it was released in 1995 for the Batman Forever movie.

by whatilearned June 24, 2022, 9:24 pm

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TIL Andre 3000 will on occasion assume an alias when producing music, one of these names being Dookieblossumgame III.

by whatilearned June 13, 2022, 7:36 pm

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TIL Henry III received a polar bear as a gift from King Haakon of Norway in 1252. The bear lived at the Tower of London and was given a long leash so it could swim in the river Thames and catch fish.

by whatilearned June 3, 2022, 10:49 pm

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TIL that the saying “I’ll sleep when I’m dead.” may have first been said by the hero Gilgamesh. This conversation with the god Shamesh is from the Epic of Gilgamesh, captured on clay tablets 4000 years ago in the world’s oldest written story. Jump down to the beginning of Part III

by whatilearned May 26, 2022, 4:18 pm

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TIL Dr. James Parkinson, whose study of ‘The Shaking Palsy’ resulted in it being named after him, narrowly avoided being dispatched to Australia in irons after being accused of plotting to shoot King George III with a poisoned dart

by whatilearned May 24, 2022, 7:27 pm

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