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TIL Creedence CLearwater Revival has the most No.2 Billboard hits without ever hitting No. 1

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l7PRr TIL: You Can Tattoo Your Eyes But Eye Tattooing Comes with Dangerous Risks
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m1WWp TIL Death Valley's premier town, Furnace Creek, is home to a par 70 golf course that sits 214 feet below sea level.
VMEmB TIL Steve Comisar sold clotheslines as a "solar-powered clothes dryer" for $40. He is in federal prison right now and is scheduled to be released April 16, 2018.
1DMP TIL that in 1994, a Boy Scout named David Hahn created a nuclear breeder reactor for his Eagle Scout project. It emitted 1000 times the natural background radiation and had to be confiscated by the government.