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Today I learned Woody Harrelson's father was a contract killer

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6Edm8 TIL, luxury department store Harrods in London has a strict dress code for their customers and has turned away the likes of Kylie Minogue and an entire futbol team for not abiding by it
6EgJQ Jupiter is made of mostly hydrogen and helium gas. So, trying to land on it would be like trying to land on a cloud here on Earth. There's no outer crust to break your fall on Jupiter. Just an endless stretch of atmosphere. The big question, then, is: Could you fall through one end of Jupiter and out the other? It turns out, you wouldn't even make it halfway.
D1nAr TIL famous SF author Philip K. Dick wrote a novel in which the Germans and Japanese won World War Two and jointly occupied the United States. He also contacted the FBI about a perceived plot, apparently having been asked to put certain code words in his novels meant as a message.
QNDEa TIL that a film version of "It Can't Happen Here" was passed on for being "anti-facist".
Jdkl TIL: If you still own a 1st gen Ipod, you might be entitled to a free replacement/upgrade