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TIL all of Terry Pratchett’s unfinished novels and work have been destroyed by a steamroller following his wishes before he died

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e0w0L TIL Sugar Ray Robinson wanted to pull out of a fight after having his only dream about boxing. In his dream he killed his opponent. After being reassured by a priest and minister, he decided to fight, and killed his opponent.
7rGvp TIL inside the worlds quietest room you can hear your own heartbeat and your bones moving
RQ18 TIL, in 1979, a small town in Australia fined the United States $400 for littering after debris from NASA’s Skylab space station landed in the town. The fine was paid in 2009.