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TIL the news of Chris Beniots wife’s death was reported on Wikipedia hours before her body was discovered.

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5VrXp TIL that the original version of the novel “The Neverending Story” was printed in two colors: Red ink for events in the real world, green for events in Fantasia. One reviewer called it “a good buy… unless you suffer from red/green colour blindness.”
epM96 TIL Fire doesn't actually ignite materials, it just makes them reach their self combustion temperature
LkQl0 TIL Microsoft has a team keeping billion of devices with correct time. They call themselves 'Time Lords'.
0dwYj TIL that Sammy Davis Jr. played the first black American president in 1933 when he was 8
RYy6 TIL Star Trek has superlative examples of how organizations should run efficient and effective meetings.