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TIL of the WASP Injector Knife, which once inside the victim, expels 850 psi of CO2 creating a basketball sized air pocket, freezing surrounding internals

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eDeD TIL that Johnny Depp financed Hunter S. Thompsons funeral saying “All I’m doing is trying to make sure his last wish comes true. I just want to send my pal out the way he wants to go out.”
DQxED TIL of Clement Vallandigham, a lawyer and congressman during the Civil War. The Union deported him for supporting the Confederacy. After the war, he died by accidentally shooting himself during a murder trial while trying to show the murder weapon could have misfired. His client got off as a result
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78ZbP TIL Bob Seger’s Old Time Rock and Roll was released in 1978, which means he was singing about music that was ~20 years old. That’s like a song today saying The White Stripes and Modest Mouse were the pinnacle of music.
N7R6 TIL that Viking Lander 1 failed after 6 years, 3 months, and 22 days because of human error. It failed because of “a software update that caused the lander’s antenna to go down, terminating communication.”