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TIL that shadows can move even faster than the speed of light. This phenomenon is referred to as the speed of darkness.

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YN4A TIL that the Pyongyang Central Zoo has a parrot which can squawk “Long live the Great Leader, Comrade Kim Il-sung” in English.
VpOG TIL Fats Waller was kidnapped to be the surprise guest at Al Capone’s birthday party at gunpoint. He left 3 days later intoxicated with thousands of dollars in tips.
8a1d8 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'
lopR5 TIL that a town in the U.S. applied for Soviet foreign aid to fix a bridge after being denied by the state for two years and the state finally agreed to fix the bridge after Soviet journalists showed up
KYg1G TIL that brothers Leon and Michael Spinks each won Gold Medals in Boxing at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal - Leon as a Light Heavyweight and Michael as a Middleweight.