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TIL the male member of Boney M died on the same date and in the same city as Rasputin, the subject/title of the groups international hit.

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oWYr TIL Frank Shuman was an American inventor, engineer & solar energy pioneer noted for his work on solar engines. He built the world’s first solar thermal power station in Maadi, Egypt in 1912. His plant managed to pump 6,000 gallons of water per minute from the Nile River into adjacent cotton fields.
GAV7g TIL actor Woody Harrelson’s father was a convicted hitman. One of his victims was a federal judge.
ANL4o TIL that ice skating in England dates back to at least the 12th century, when people used bone skates to get around the fens in winter.
Oo96a TIL Kurt Cobain was originally going to play Lance the drug dealer in Pulp Fiction
OVY6 TIL You can’t breathe while pooping because your epiglottis closes and you use the air pressure in your lung to push out the.. waste.