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TIL an American/Canadian Space Gun, Which Shot a Projectile 112 Miles High, Sits Rusting in a Barbados Jungle

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9YboM TIL that on June 23, 2014 Charles R. Moore a white minister from Texas set himself on fire to protest racism
DQXZY TIL in 1955, someone dropped a 600-year-old plaster Buddha Statue only to discover the plaster was covering a solid gold statue beneath
o1EL TIL A man in Australia declared his farm an independent micronation called the Province of Bumbunga. He decided to plant a huge scale model of Britain using thousands of strawberries, to attract tourism.
mxxEv TIL about the "Batman Effect", which shows that wearing a Batman-mask improves perseverance among 4-6 years olds
d9gj TIL that in 1977 Saturday Night Live had an “Anyone Can Host” contest and the winner was an 80-year old woman named Miskel Spillman.