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TIL about Russia's "spacecraft graveyard" in the Altai region, where over 2,500 tons of space debris -- some dozens of feet long -- have rained down since the start of the Space Age. As new space junk falls, locals rush to raid the wreckage for precious metals they can sell.

aOA9 TIL that Ethiopian runner Abebe Bikila won the marathon at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome after running the race barefoot.
7rdOP TIL: In the 1980s, the DIA hired an American analyst named Ana Montes. She was deemed incredibly dependable and responsible, quickly becoming he most senior analyst on Cuba. She slipped through the cracks for over 15 years before the US found out she was a spy working for Cuba the entire time!
rRPXd TIL that in the most famous scene of the movie "Gone With The Wind", an alternate line "Frankly my dear, I just don't care." was also shot in the event the censors would object. The censors approved the movie but fined producer David O. Selznick $5,000 for including the curse.
yQy0M TIL in 2009 a man sued Pepsi after finding a dead mouse in his Mt. Dew. They responded by saying that if the mouse had been in the soda since its bottling, it would have dissolved.
ANAbd TIL: The NBA began the 2006 season using a microfiber composite ball designed to eliminate the need for a "breaking-in" period. Players hated it, and some said it caused paper-cut-like slashes on their hands. The NBA returned to leather balls less than two months into the season.