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TIL that video tape degrades over time. Within 10 - 25 years, tape can lose as much as 20% of recorded video

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OWe4 TIL that comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 collided with Jupiter in 1994, after being broken apart from Jupiter’s tidal gravity. One fragment struck the planet’s surface with the estimated energy of 6 million megatons of TNT (600 times the world’s nuclear arsenal) and created a dark spot over 12,000 km across.
R7bJj TIL a NYC councilman proposed adding light guards to street lights as a means of curbing city light pollution. Among just making the night sky easier to see, the change would protect wildlife from the negative effects of stray light.
yVPYM TIL that Darryl Sabara (Juni from Spy Kids) is married to Meghan Trainor.
8ZMZ TIL there is a village named Paris in Russia, in 2005 there was constructed a 1:5 replica of the Eiffel Tower.
lojJB TIL When Australian actor George Lazenby wasn't a big star, he met up with the producers and fabricated a story about the made up films he has acted in. He was given the role of 007 James Bond.