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TIL Matthew Perry doesn't remember filming three seasons of Friends due to his substance use.

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rBDx TIL around 1054 AD, a bright star appeared in the sky that Chinese astronomers could see in broad daylight for 23 straight days. It was not until almost 900 years later that Dutch astronomer Jan Oort identified that starburst as a supernovae in its remnant form… the Crab Nebula.
e6wg TIL Dolly Parton set up a charity that distributes eight million children’s books per year for free
J1bZV TIL Monaco is the only place in Europe where credit card points are not redeemable nor can you accumulate hotel points
D14yY TIL Digital VHS tapes from 1998 could store 50GB of 1080i on a normal sized tape - the only way to get HD commercial films until Blu-ray in 2004.
Oj47 TIL there is an organisation called the Unrepresented United Nations (UUN) that represent Unrepresented Nations and Peoples, so “that they may express their position in the appropriate forums and obtain recognition, since they cannot in the United Nations.”