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TIL NASA has released ‘spooky’ sounds from space for Halloween.

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69bAW TIL that Thomas Derrick was one of 24 sailors sentenced to death after sacking a city, but the Earl of Essex spared him on the condition that he execute his comrades. Derrick went on to become a professional executioner, killing over 3,000 men over his career, including the Earl of Essex.
maao TIL the US passed an act authorizing an invasion of The Hague in the Netherlands in order to free any US serviceman being held by the International Criminal Court
gMOXb TIL that in Kenya, elephant poop is being used to make paper. Elephants poop up to 50kg a day which can produce 125 sheets of paper. This helps save the indigenous tree population and forest from being destroyed, along with creating a need for the 7000 elephants left in Kenya.
16EnX TIL Cyndi Lauper's mother, Catrine, appeared in the music videos for 'Girls Just Want to Have Fun', 'Time After Time', and 'The Goonies 'R' Good Enough', in which she played the role of Cyndi Lauper's mother.
W7pX8 TIL that Barry Goldwater and some other senators sued Jimmy Carter over the normalization of relations with the People's Republic of China