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TIL that Daft Punk's album "Discovery" was turned into a feature length anime film. Having no sound effects or dialogue, the movie was hailed as "the best animated movie made in 2003"

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6Ebwm TIL about the presocratic philosopher Empedocles. He claimed to have magical powers and a divine status, and would walk around Sicily in a large purple robe. Apparently, he died when he jumped into Etna, an active volcano, to prove to his followers that he really was a god.
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