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Today I learned Forest Gump was based off a book.

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Mem78 TIL three NASA astronauts staged a strike in space on Dec. 28, 1973. The astronauts turned off radio communications with NASA ground control.
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pXQO TIL that a single brown diamond found in Brazil has convinced geologists that there is an ocean deep inside the earth, between upper and lower mantles (about 500km/300mi deep).
AR4a TIL The White Stripes were sued by a reporter for using a clip from one of her interviews in a song without permission. The case was settled out of court and the reporter is now listed on Wikipedia as an additional artist that played “the world’s smallest violin” in the song.
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