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TIL: Somebody made a 10-hour movie titled "Paint Drying".

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78oaX TIL Mitch Hedberg was found dead (overdose) in his hotel room March 30th 2005, but was announced on April 1st (monday), causing some fans to believe it was an april fools joke.
N7wB8 TIL about the Centralia Mine Fire. It is an underground coal mine fire that has been burning since 1962. It has led to the abandonment of 2 towns in PA. The area's 17927 zip code has been revoked by the US. The fire is estimated to burn for another 250 years.
kkZd TIL W.T. Stead, a Victorian investigative journalist writing about child prostitution, bought an underage sex slave to prove how easily it could be done. He was sent to prison.
XEy56 TIL all US military rations come with a packet of Tabasco sauce, which was introduced by CEO Walter Mcilhenny, a former general in the military during WWII