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TIL in 1999 Matthew McConaughey was arrested at 2:45AM loudly playing bongo drums, Nude and highly intoxicated. He was charged with Drug Possession charges, but was eventually let go with only noise ordinance charges and only $50 fine

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E1PYp TIL that Leonardo Da Vinci etched his initials into the Mona Lisa's right eye
jNjXj RemoveDebris, a small experimental satellite designed to clean up space debris successfully snared its first piece of extraterrestrial pollution — a solar system premiere. Did you know that more than 7,600 tonnes of so-called "space junk" floats around Earth — the result of nearly 60 years of space exploration — with some moving faster than a speeding bullet at approximately 48,000 kilometres per hour (30,000 miles per hour).
A4Xx TIL that for the last 10+ years, 2 disabled men in China, one without arms and the other without sight, have been planting trees together and have so far planted more than 10,000.
E6Xx TIL 24 out of the 56 countries and states of Africa are in a war or military conflict
4k4BJ TIL that the Air Ministry imposed a blackout of all man made lights across London because they forecasted they would be targeted for night time air raids. This was before war was declared.