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TIL there is currently a community of people living on top of a mountain in France. They believe that on December 21, aliens will emerge from the mountain to save them from the apocalypse.

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0wkZ1 TIL the London underground system, once advertised as a cool escape from hot weather, has been slowly heating up due to dissipated heat from trains braking being captured and retained by surrounding clay, a natural insulator.
wLBJ1 TIL In 2006, Dustin Diamond asked listeners of Howard Stern's show to purchase a T-shirt reading "I paid $15.00 to save Screeech's house" (spelling "Screech" with an extra E for copyright reasons), hoping to sell 30,000 shirts in order to raise $250,000 and avoid foreclosure on his house
pZRA TIL that Jeffery Dahmer’s father was seconds away from opening a metal box that contained a head and penis of one of Jeff’s victims, but was convinced by his son that the box contained only pornography.
Zbd4 TIL that Alexander Von Humboldt has more things named after him than any other person who has ever lived.
JYKak TIL in 1974 Marina Abramovic completed a 6 hour performance art exhibit where she stood in front of a table of 72 objects (including a loaded gun) and let the audience do whatever they wanted with her. The purpose was to find out how far people are willing to go. Video describes her experience.