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TIL that ice volcanoes exist. Formally known as cryovolcanoes, they erupt water, gas and hydrocarbons.

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V9m0 TIL An artist built a 750 sq ft apartment in a shopping mall parking lot that went undiscovered for 4 years.
d8O7E TIL after Larry Bird left Indiana University, he worked collecting trash in his home town. When leaving for college a 2nd time, this time at Indiana State, he told his co-workers, "I'll be going up there to get a little education. Then I'll be back and be boss of you guys."
ewXL TIL actor Werner Herzog was shot while filming an interview by an unknown individual with an air rifle. Herzog continued the interview and showed his wound on camera but acted as if nothing out of the ordinary had happened, remarking, “It is not a significant bullet.”
4X0x5 TIL The same person who patented the flight "blackbox" recorder also patented the automatic retractable car safety belt.
X041r TIL in 1947, actor Harold Norman, who was non-superstitious and refused to follow theatrical tradition when it came to The Scottish Play, died after being stabbed by a sword whilst playing the title character in Macbeth.