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TIL that an unforeseen consequence of London's Walkie Talkie skyscraper was that the building's curvature acts as a concave mirror facing the sun, leading to street-level recordings of temperature as high as 117°C. Parked vehicles have been damaged and a reporter was able to fry an egg on the ground

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KOMxB TIL Mike Tyson offered a zoo attendant $10,000 to let him fight a gorilla
Dp7j TIL the Stephen Colbert is actually a devote Christian who teaches Sunday school at his church when his schedule permits.
nW86B TIL most Little Rascals episodes from the 1930s were heavily edited in the 1970s to remove jokes about race, women, disabilities, children, the elderly, and violence.
e0e5n TIL that Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold (the Columbia High School murderers) actually were bullied in high school, including an incident in which they had a cup of shit thrown at them and another in which a group of students gathered around them and covered them in ketchup
yQjjv TIL while recording the improvisational piece “Trio”, King Crimson drummer Bill Bruford waited for the right moment to join, but decided the piece was progressing better without him, and remained silent. He received co-writing credit for the "admirable restraint” he showed.