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TIL the Triforium, a six-story sculpture near Little Tokyo in Los Angeles, was supposed to track the motions and conversations of people near it and convert them into patterns of light, and also point giant lasers toward the sky spelling out "Los Angeles." But its artist designer ran out of money

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dDVdZ TIL Matt LeBlanc won a Golden Globe for his portrayal of Matt LeBlanc
MjQb TIL that a Swedish astronaut was not allowed to bring reindeer jerky with him on board a shuttle mission close to Christmas because the American astronauts thought it was weird. He had to go with moose jerky instead.
9R8B TIL it was only after the 2000 election that the colors red and blue became associated with the Republican and Democratic parties, respectively.
OGGEL TIL that rogue waves, large waves that occur in unusual circumstances, have been found in media other than water, such as helium gas, quantum mechanics and finance
1KdX TIL of Kurt Gerstein, a top SS Officer who secretly tried warning the Allies of the horrors he witnessed at the Nazi Death Camps. He later committed suicide after they failed to listen to him.