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TIL There is a gun at the International Space Station and it belongs to the Russians

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7rDLP TIL The Last Airbender is the Shyamalan's worst-reviewed film to date
VMWB0 TIL 15% (5.2 million acres) of land in England is unregistered. It has never been registered since the land hadn't been sold since before land registration became compulsory. Much of the land is owned by the Crown, the aristocracy, and the church.
4kVLa TIL: Every Java class binary starts with the 8-digit hexadecimal number 0xCAFE_BABE. If you own an Android phone, this "magic number" is likely compiled into thousands of individual files on it.
wEY6 TIL at age 16 Sybil Ludington rode twice the distance as Paul Revere to announce the British were coming.
oB5XA TIL that the person who is largely credited for inventing the polygraph machine is the same person who created Wonder Woman and the Lasso of Truth.