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TIL that the 1st overall draft pick in the inaugural NFL draft ultimately decided not to play in the NFL, rejecting offers from two teams, to ultimately work for a rubber company

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jNRAM TIL that in 1989, Ole Bentzen, a Danish audiologist, who was observing a screening of the 1988 comedy film A Fish Called Wanda, laughed uncontrollably to the point that his heart rate rose to an estimated 250–500 beats per minute, leading to a fatal heart attack
loXZ1 TIL that there is an upcoming experimental film called Ambiancé that will be released in Dec 31, 2020. It will have a running time of 720 hours, or 30 days and will be screened globally then destroyed after its initial screening. This will make it "the longest film made that doesn’t exist".
rNYvw TIL René Just Haüy founded the science of crystallography after he accidentally broke a piece of calcite and discovered that they cleaved along straight planes that met at constant angles. He broke more pieces to confirm his discovery and developed the theory of crystal structure.
AN5e7 TIL the video game, Cyberpunk 2077, has been admitted into the New York Museum of Failures after its catastrophic, bug-filled, launch
QJLn9 TIL that there is a movement in journalism to move away from “if it bleeds it leads”. In the past, crises and conflicts were reported as-is, but journalists in this movement are also reporting on options, solutions, and ways in which things could and are getting better.