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TIL that a school teacher once won a free trip to outer space but the rocketship blew up and everyone died

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R7x16 TIL researchers did an experiment in 1999 on rats to see how long they could live without sleep. They mostly lasted 2 weeks of this torture before succumbing.
VGr0 TIL that Salvador Dali made a painting for the prisoners at Rikers Island in NYC that hung in the prisoner dining room for 15 years, when it was moved to the prison lobby for ‘safekeeping’. In 2003, three prison guards and a warden stole the painting.
rRK6o TIL About Coober Pedy, an Australian town where 80% of its residents live underground.
kO187 TIL former Pittsburgh Steelers RB Rashard Mendenhall retired at 26 to become a writer. Today he’s a writer for HBO’s #2 show (2nd to Game of Thrones), Ballers.
VG58 TIL iHeartRadio, the media conglomerate that owns most radio stations you know, ‘auditions and hires actors to call in to talk radio shows and pose as listeners … to provide shows … with planned content in the form of stories and opinions.’