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TIL that Michael Jackson suffered from severe insomnia and did not get any real sleep for 60 days prior to his death. Instead, his personal doctor had been putting him under general anestheisa every night.

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Voop TIL that the Smurfs were essentially communists. They all had “defined roles”, they all “dresse[d] alike”, and they had no economy. Also the Smurfs nemesis, Gargamel, represented capitalism with his desire to “exploit the Smurfs”.
W7LWo TIL that not a single engineer made it off the Titanic: they stayed and kept the power on so others could escape.
KOO6w TIL a hypothetical structure called a Matrioshka Brain could have enough computational power to simulate an entire alternate universe.
gkEW TIL That “Father Gabriel” from TWD was arrested last year for a DUI, pot possession and doing 107mph
e0RZL TIL a 24-year-old man took part in a "Hands on a Hard Body" contest in 2005 to win a Nissan Pickup by keeping a hand on the truck. In the third day, after consuming as many as 6 energy drinks, he took his hand off the truck, went to K-Mart across the street, stole a gun and ammo, and shot himself.