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TIL that there was actually one astronaut, named Abdul Ahad Momand, who came from Afghanistan, and who spent time at the Mir Space Station in 1988. [However, later on he emigrated to Stuttgart, Germany, and became an accountant.]

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XEPGr TIL that founding member, and drummer of Avenged Sevenfold, James "The Rev" Sullivan wrote a song titled "Death" then said "That's it, that's the last song for this record." just 3 days before passing away on Dec, 28th 2009.
bMY9 TIL that “Scrubs” was shot in a real (former) hospital, which was used by a number of other productions until its demolition in 2011. Sometimes people would come into the Emergency Room set, thinking it was a real hospital.
5V5pn TIL of Canada's smallest municipality, Notre-Dame-des-Anges. It is entirely occupied by a hospital.
yQvX TIL there is a fountain in Romania that is dyed red in hopes to raise awareness of Hemophilia.
DQA8e TIL of two foot fetishists who scammed people out of 10,000 socks. When jailed, they were given jobs in the laundry room cleaning prisoners' socks.