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TIL that people live inside the Grand Canyon. Supai Village, the capital of the Havasupai Indian Reservation, boasts a population of a couple of hundred residents, is considered the most remote community in the continental US, and is the only place where mail is delivered and carried out by mule.

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nW8O7 TIL of Micheal Swango an American doctor estimated to have killed 60 patients and colleagues
yQ1XV TIL 9-year-old Amber Hagerman's abduction inspired the creation of the "Amber Alert". 26 years later, her disappearance remains unsolved.
YQmG TIL there are no natural White Siberian tigers. All known cases can be traced back to humans breeding them in captivity.
yVjb8 TIL of gamma-ray bursts, immensely energetic explosions that occur when a giant star implodes and becomes a black hole. It can release as much energy in a few seconds as the Sun will in its entire 10-billion-year lifetime. It may also have caused a mass extinction on Earth 440 million years ago.
9V1m TIL Warner Bros. spent $10 million on a “Mr. Limpet” remake starring Jim Carrey only to abandon the project when the animation tests were deemed “horrifying”