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TIL On April 18, 1930, the BBC announced, “There is no news today,” and played piano music instead.

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vJe7 TIL the Millennium Tower in San Francisco, a 58-story luxury high-rise whose ‘cheaper apartments’ sell for $2 million, is sinking and tilting to one side - raising fears it may eventually topple over - because “to cut costs, Millennium did not drill piles to bedrock”.
na7b TIL that Gerard Butler is a trained lawyer and was President of the Law Society at Glasgow University
d8yR9 TIL that Andrew McAulay, an Australian mountaineer and sea kayaker, disappeared at sea while attempting to kayak 1600 km (994 mi) across the Tasman Sea from Australia to New Zealand in February 2007.His body was never found.
oBJ4K TIL there’s a stinging plant called the Gympie Gympie that produces a toxin so painful it’s driven humans and animals to suicide. Described as being sprayed with hot acid whilst being electrocuted at the same time. A man was reported to have shot himself after using a leaf as toilet paper.
ggNW TIL Jimmy Stewart flew 20 combat missions in WWII and retired as a Brigadier General.