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Til the default Windows XP desktop is a real picture of a real location with no digital enchantments.

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D1ZND TIL Buster Keaton's famous stunt when a building facade collapses on him, with an open window fitting perfectly around his body, used no trickery. The facade weighed two tonnes, and the mark on the ground telling him exactly where to stand to avoid being crushed was a nail.
OGZV6 TIL: Neuticles is a company that will Implant fake Testicles to your pet purely for aesthetic reasons.
AbJB TIL in 2007, Siberia experienced orange snow. This orange snow was ruled to most likely caused by a heavy sandstorm in neighboring Kazakhstan. Tests on the snow revealed numerous sand and clay dust particles and a high iron-content, which were blown into Russia in the upper stratosphere.
NXrMM TIL of a place named Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch which translates to St Marys Church In The Hollow Of The White Hazel To The Rapid Whirlpool Of Llantysilio Of The Red Cave
E1O4d TIL the population of London in 1939 was 8,615,245; in 2015 the population of London was 8,615,246.