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TIL Motorcycles in China are dictated by law to be decommissioned and destroyed in 13 years after registration regardless of the conditions

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wL8NM TIL that Tupac Shakur auditioned to play the role of Mace Windu in Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace
nerr9 TIL that Eddie Tipton, an information-security director for the lottery, rigged the random number generator system and was able to tell what numbers would be drawn. He won jackpots for many friends and family members over several years and wasn't caught until he bought a lottery ticket worth $16.5m.
lB5B TIL a can of Coke will sink in water but Diet Coke will float
VMeeZ TIL Brad Fiedel accidentally composed the well-known main theme from 1984’s The Terminator in a very unusual time-signature: 13/16. This 2014 Slate article investigates the matter. (3rd Post Attempt)
v14dR TIL that a German nurse was sentenced to life in prison without eligibility for parole after he murdered more than 85 patients because he wanted to show off his resuscitation skills and be the hero who saves them on the hospital bed