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TIL in 2007 a man named Jeremy Harper counted to one million. He did not leave his apartment or shave until he finished, and it was all broadcast live on a webcam. It took him 3 months.

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R7wL4 TIL 14-yr-old Aidan Jackson seated 10,500 teddy bears in a rugby stadium to honor his friend Olivia Alice Walker who died at age 15 and to raise money for a Foundation in her name. He raised more funds by doing a swim equivalent to the English Channel over 3 months; the two had met at a swim club.
lokn7 Today I learned that -40 degrees Celsius equals -40 degrees Fahrenheit....
4XbnJ TIL in 1979, the movie "The China Syndrome" - about a nuclear reactor failure in Pennsylvania - premiered 12 days before an actual nuclear reactor failure in Pennsylvania called the Three Mile Island accident.
epxkg TIL between 2002 and 2018, 13 people were killed in Filipino karaoke bars while performing Frank Sinatra's "My Way" by other drunken patrons. Reasons include singing it in the wrong key or too many times in a row, or the "arrogant" lyrics putting off the audience. Most bars have now banned the song.
xVwOg TIL, as of 2020, the Sega Dreamcast still gets new releases