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TIL Mark Hamill appeared on a progressive death metal album.

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d8OO8 TIL that Barry George, the man wrongly convicted of the murder of UK television presenter Jill Dando, was denied compensation as a victim of miscarriage of justice for the 8 years he spent in prison as a judge deemed that he was “not innocent enough to be compensated”.
455 TIL the Disney park “EPCOT” was originally supposed to be a Utopian society that could hold 20,000 people.
dYDZ TIL That on Friday the 13th of April in 2029, an asteroid named Apophis (Egyptian god of death and darkness), which is the size of the Rose Bowl, will pass Earth at a distance that is closer than our orbiting communication satellites.
kB41 TIL In America, you are 8 times more likely to be killed by a police officer than a terrorist.
5VxX8 TIL In 1940, Charlie Chaplin produced and financed the film 'The Great Dictator', which mocked Hitler. Hollywood studios were hesitant to produce the film due to their financial relations with Germany. 'The Great Dictator' is considered one of Chaplin's greatest works.