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TIL LeVar Burton played Kunta Kinte in the original "Roots" miniseries

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RZ1a TIL that the only deaths to have occurred in space thus far were in 1971, when 3 Soviet cosmonauts fell victim to a catastrophic decompression of their return module. The module executed a perfect automated landing, without a living person on-board.
8aWOV TIL during the funeral of William the Conqueror, his body was too large to fit into the tomb. When attendants forced the body into the tomb it burst, spreading a disgusting odour throughout the church.
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