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TIL That both Christopher Walken and James Earl Jones have both recorded “The Raven” by Edgar Allen Poe for your enjoyment.

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OG58R TIL that Australia has never had a passenger jet crash. Military jets, firefighting jets, prop driven passenger planes have crashed - but never a single jet, either in Australia or an Australian operator elsewhere.
6EBxw TIL a filmmaker shot a soap opera web series called IKEA Heights entirely inside a Burbank, California IKEA without their permission. The creator of the show noticed that the well-lit sets and difficulty in getting the attention of employees made it an ideal location to film a show.
KO8yQ TIL that in 1999, Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down light to 17 meters per second and in 2001, was able to stop light completely.
QN9dp TIL that from 1810 to 1812, Jonathan Lambert lived on the South Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha with two other men and no women, declaring it his micronation
kOK01 TIL a random British captain was chosen by George Washington to be executed in response to a hanging by loyalists which itself was in retaliation for another death. The allied French got involved after the French mother of the captain petitioned and he was released