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TIL The world's largest ball of paint is located in Alexandria, Indiana. The ball of paint is 12 feet in diameter and weighs over 15 tons. It was created by Earl W. Bascom over the course of 30 years, is made of lead-based paint, which is no longer used in the United States & worth around $1 million

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eQv4 TIL a Texas dad engaged in a 3-hour armed standoff with police while trying to prevent doctors from pulling the plug on his brain-dead son. The son eventually came out of his coma and recovered. Dad was charged for the incident, but the charges were later reduced.
OowjL TIL that an underachieving Princeton student wrote a term paper describing how to make a nuclear bomb. He got an A but his paper was taken away by the FBI.
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Z56D TIL for every $1000 made off an album, the musician recieves $23.40