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TIL 5 of the Top 10 Most Attended Concerts of All Time were held at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, including the Number 1 show, played by Rod Stewart on New Years Eve of 1994

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4kn8a TIL about the PXL2000 - a camcorder produced in 1987 that records video footage to standard audio cassettes.
X0wrj TIL that the Doomsday clock was set to 90 seconds to midnight in 2023 and remains that way today. This is closer than any time during the cold war.
WKj9 TIL in an effort to one-up the Soviets during the late 1950s, the United States planned to hit the moon with a nuclear warhead-tipped ICBM. In the Air Force’s infinite wisdom, however, the plan was scrapped because they felt the public would respond unfavorably to nuking the moon.
4l8w TIL If child is found abandoned on Russian territory and the parents remain unknown for more than 6 months, that child gains Russian citizenship
DVYP TIL Jason Mitchell, the actor that played Eazy E in ‘Straight Outta Compton’, couldn’t afford to fly out to Los Angeles for a callback audition. The director, F. Gary Gray, liked what he saw on his audition tape so he settled for a Skype meeting and Jason landed the part.