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TIL that the Sagamihara stabbings occurred on 26 July 2016 in Sagamihara, Japan. Nineteen people were killed and twenty-six injured at a care home for disabled people. The attacker, former employee Satoshi Uematsu, surrendered and was sentenced to death. It is Japan’s deadliest mass stabbing.

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BrNxb TIL that the world’s roundest object, a silicon-28 atom sphere, was created to perfectly define the weight of a kilogram. These spheres are so precisely round that if they were the size of the Earth, there would only be a 3-5 meter difference between Mount Everest and the Mariana Trench.
X0AKR TIL that Angelina Jolie once tried to hire a hitman to kill her, because she felt that a murder would be easier on her family than her committing suicide. The would-be-hitman talked her out of it by asking her to wait a month.
Me0aB TIL that in 1964 Canada honored John F. Kennedy by naming the tallest unclimbed mountain in North America "Mt. Kennedy." In 1965 Robert F. Kennedy, as part of a National Geographic expedition, became the first person ever to reach the summit.
nWlPd TIL that a male cocaine addict who fathers a son passes on genetic adaptations that reduce or prevent susceptibility to cocaine addiction in that son. It doesn’t work for daughters, though.
raeW TIL David Prowse (Darth Vader) was offered one of two roles in Star Wars by George Lucas. The first was Chewbacca. The second was the villain. Before Lucas had a chance to explain the role, Prowse accepted it. Why? Because according to him people never forget the villain.