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TIL Nelson Mandela attended Tupac Shakurs ash scattering service in 2006.

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xVoE1 TIL that Richard Karn, the actor who played Al on Home Improvement, heard about the role after receiving a traffic citation, going to traffic school and sitting beside an agent who told him about a casting session for the show.
jabR TIL, 5 days before he was found dead Fresno activist John Lang said the Fresno PD was going to murder him that weekend. His death was ruled a suicide from self inflicted wounds
5jXQ TIL that a man single-handedly carved a mountain with only a hammer and a chisel, to make a path to medical help since his wife died waiting for a doctor. The trip used to be 55 km and now it is only 15 km.
4kLMa TIL that The Vatican declared capybara to be "fish" so Venezuelans could eat their meat during Lent
4Xa0R TIL that neutron radiation from deuterium nuclear fusion can be exploited by breeding more deuterium from ordinary hydrogen.