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TIL Sean Bean Has Died in Over a Quarter of His On-Screen Appearances.

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7rXnZ TIL the rocket in Jules Verne’s 1865 story From the Earth to the Moon launched from Florida and landed in the Pacific Ocean because of Verne’s calculations. In 1969, Apollo 11 took off from Florida and landed in the Pacific Ocean.
ADA8a TIL There is a train station in Japan that had plans to close, but noticed a student was the only one using it. They decided to close when she graduates from high school.
p0KZ TIL that Psilocybin, the chemical compound found in psychedelic mushrooms, grows new brain cells and could be used as a treatment for PTSD and depression.
neOM9 TIL Billie Holiday was arrested and jailed five months for prostitution at age 14.
l76Y7 TIL that an elderly Salvador Dali became severely burned as his excessive use of the assistance button next to his bed caused it to short-circuit and set the bed aflame.