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TIL that ice at -50°C is as hard as glass

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epxag TIL that as boxer Esteban De Jesus was dying from AIDS (a frightening disease at the time) in 1989, his fierce former rival Roberto Duran visited him, lifted him from his hospital bed and hugged him.
e1d4 TIL that Clint Eastwood composed the scores to a number of his films, and was nominated for a Grammy in 2006 for Best Score Soundtrack Album for Million Dollar Baby.
nWMaP TIL in 1937 a natural gas leak caused a school to explode in Texas, killing at least 295 people. Witnesses described seeing the walls bulge and the roof lifting off the building before it collapsed.