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TIL "breatharians" have killed several people since the 1980s through starvation / dehydration

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KYVN4 TIL that the Nebra Sky Disc, a 3,600-year-old bronze artifact discovered in Germany, is the world's oldest known physical depiction of the cosmos with gold symbols for the sun, moon, and stars, including the Pleiades. The disc encodes accurate, useful celestial observation in a portable object.
P19XE TIL that if each move took one second, a 64 disk Tower of Hanoi would take around 585 billion years to complete
BgK0W TIL Jurassic Park (1994) animators took mime classes to better understand dinosaur movement.
4XErJ TIL that Tim Curry was kicked out of a showing of Rocky Horror for being an imposter. Also, Princess Diana was a big fan of the movie.
kJ6DB TIL People born with red hair has a much higher chance of developing skin cancer from UV exposure.