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TIL when an American tried to mention Stephen Hawking as an example of how any country that wasn't America would have let Hawking die, Hawking snapped back and stated the only reason he was alive was due to the NHS and the United Kingdom.

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OGyYR TIL the USA has the 2nd oldest constitution in the world (San Marino is #1)
X6BQ TIL Jaws, scored by John Williams, was surpassed as the highest-grossing film of all time by A New Hope, scored by John Williams, which was surpassed by ET (scored by John Williams) which was then surpassed by Jurassic park (scored by… well, you know)
DAQr TIL there is man who is officially listed as missing despite his whereabouts being known.
knYd TIL that a building called Blok P once housed 1% of Greenland’s population. It was advertised to tourists as “so depressing that it’s almost an attraction in itself.”
oBKL8 TIL in 1903, a man named Ellis Hughes stole a 32,000 lb meteorite by secretly moving it from a neighbor's property onto his own. It took Hughes, his son and their horse 90 days to move it 3/4 of a mile. Once it arrived, he claimed he found it there and charged 25 cents admission to see it.