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TIL the longest lasting bubble lasted for 465 days

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DQ1wg TIL that one of the winners of the VH1 Big Backyard BBQ contest in the 90's, Raymond Holcomb, who had muscular dystrophy, was hit with a tax bill of $2,496, because the $11,700 concert was seen by the IRS as "taxable income." John Mellencamp's management company agreed to work something out to help.
W74DX TIL Martin Scorsese was once married to Isabella Rossellini
wnyW TIL there exists an underwater forest in Lake Kaindy, Kazakhstan that was created after an earthquake in 1911 triggered a large landslide blocking the gorge and forming a natural dam
Vya8 TIL it is possible to literally sweat blood. Under extreme emotional or physical stress blood vessels that feed sweat glands can rupture, causing the glands to exude blood.