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TIL in 2005 the BBC released a promo advertising new services with a head floating around the countryside. It was pulled after viewers complained it 'made them sick' and was 'demonic'

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8aOEG TIL, if you were able to travel from the Earth to a distance of 8.3 BILLION Light Years, you would cross the Cosmic Point of No Return, where you would NEVER be able to make it back to Earth, even if you somehow traveled the speed of light.
MZYW TIL under Delaware state law a marriage can be annulled if either partner entered into the marriage as a dare.
D1wBj TIL: Hugh Hefner published nude pictures of Marilyn Monroe without her permission in the first edition of Playboy magazine. He later purchased the crypt besides her's even though they had never met in life.
KOmQ TIL that in Jackie Chan Adventures, Uncle’s chant “Yu mo gui gwai fai di zao” means “ Evil demons and malevolent spirits, be gone!” in Cantonese.
j6ynX TIL in Iraq in 2012 over 14 teens were stoned to death for being emo