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TIL That Hans Gruber’s facial reaction to falling from the Nakotami Plaza in Die Hard was genuine. He was dropped a full second before he expected.

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WGlX TIL the last princess of Korea died in 1989, after 37 years spent in Japan, returning to Korea in tears, and resided in Changdeok Palace until her death, the last royal resident to reside there. Her parents would’ve been the last Emperor and Empress of Korea had it not been annexed to Japan in 1910.
b6WPa TIL mines around Spruce Pine, North Carolina are the source of the world's purest form of silicon sand. A series of geological processes that occurred 350m years ago caused the silicon to form almost without impurities. It is highly sought after and is probably in the device you are reading this on.
6Qol TIL Ranald Macdonald a Chinook/Scottish man, ventured to Japan despite knowing of the strict isolationist policy. He pretended to shipwreck on an island, where he was caught and sent to Nagasaki. There, he managed to convince the Daimyo that he could be of value as Japan’s first English teacher.
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