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TIL that the "hologram" appearance of Tupac Shakur at Coachella was actually created using a technique called Pepper's Ghost which has been around for more than 150 years.

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nWrGd TIL of a ritual where Boys must subject themselves to wearing bullet ant-filled gloves 20 times
8aVN8 TIL a Grateful Dead concert from 43 years ago still remains the largest ticketed concert in the United States. September 3, 1977, Englishtown, New Jersey 107,019 people
X7ED TIL that the Dead Marshes in the Lord of the Rings were most likely inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien’s involvement in WW1. Bomb craters would fill up with rain and dead soldiers from both sides could be seen floating inside the craters.
X0eRD TIL The idiom 'with flying colors' originated with the practice of victorious ships flying flags, or 'colors' from their masthead to announce their victory as they sailed back into port.
rR1Ex TIL a rodent that was believed to be extinct for 113 years casually showed up on the handrail at the front porch of an ecolodge in Colombia and let researchers photograph it for two hours before disappearing into the night, after which it was never seen again