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TIL that throughout the lifespan of a star, the energy creates 90 natural elements, until it runs out of Helium and creates Iron, which kills the star.

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KYAR TIL that during a duel-related brawl, Jim Bowie got shot, pistol-whipped so hard the gun broke, and impaled with a sword cane. With the sword still in his chest, he disemboweled his attacker before getting shot and stabbed again by someone else. He lived and went on to fight at the Alamo.
ZmZG TIL that one grande cup of Starbucks coffee has as much caffeine as four Redbull cans.
Lkaed TIL Martin Luther King Jr., in his last speech "I've Been to the Mountaintop," anticipated his early demise but was contented to be in the same position as the Biblical Moses, who could look on the promised land but would die before ever reaching it. King was assassinated the next day.
kOab1 TIL about the Rhinoceros Party of Canada who, if elected, promised to "Promote higher education by building taller schools", "Repeal the law of gravity", and "Take Canada off the gold standard, opting instead to use a snow standard to boost the economy".
Wd5X TIL George Miller, director of the Mad Max films, was a medical doctor who began taking film classes in his down time. Much of the physical violence in the movies was informed by what he learned treating car-crash victims.