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TIL that a National Geographic photographer shipped 15 tons of equipment to Siberian lake for a single story. Six pictures were used.

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Y6wr TIL suicide kills more people per year than homicide and war casualties combined. In 2012 suicide killed 803,900 people, there were 504,587 homicide deaths and 119,463 people died in war.
e6BL TIL in 2007 University of Minnesota researchers found a huge hole in the universe a billion light years across that is not a black hole and is completely devoid of matter.
aYeb TIL in 1962 a Montreal Canadiens fan tried to steal the Stanley Cup from a display case in Chicago. He was arrested and reportedly told the judge he was trying to bring it back to Montreal “where it belonged.” He was fined $10.
b6o60 TIL that special effects had to be employed in The Last Waltz, Martin Scorsese's film of The Band's farewell concert, due to a visible amount of cocaine being present on Neil Young's nose during his performance.
R88 TIL that Crocodiles, Alligators and Flounders have no finite life span, but continue to live forever unless affected by their environment.