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TIL years of dumping trash into the ocean resulted in a “glass beach” in California of smooth sea glass. So many tourists began removing the glass, there is a move to replace it.

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LkKov TIL that the Andean condor can fly for over 5 hours without flapping, covering over 170 kilometres in the process.
6rLZ TIL that the director of ‘The Hangover’ tried convincing the actors to let him use a live taser, but the Warner Bros. lawyers quickly intervined
69DAY TIL a man died after throwing a hand grenade at his ex-gf's house when she refused to reconcile. He first tried to stab her with scissors, but others intervened. He then threw the grenade, but it didn't explode until he picked it up to re-throw, which killed him & injured four. His ex was not harmed
epmaD TIL while filming the scene in 1983’s “A Christmas Story” where Ralphie is dressed as a sheriff, a prop man gave actor Peter Billingsley real Red Man chewing tobacco. Peter, who was 12, didn’t know the difference and ingested it. Production then had to be shut down until Billingsley recovered.