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TIL that in 1979 swedes would call in sick for work, claiming ‘they felt gay’ as a protest on the fact that being gay was still considered an illness.

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M7kQK TIL virtually all the major obstacles on K2's standard route had been overcome as early as 1939, and it might have been climbed then had storms and miscommunication not caused disaster instead.
oRYAY TIL that Van Gogh, in "The Starry Night," accurately depicted turbulent flow patterns with mathematical precision.
YXQ7 TIL Heath Ledger passed away before completing ANY post-production ADR (voice overs) for Dark Knight - The film contains 100% pure onsite recordings.
AD5Lx TIL of ‘The Vanishing Lake’ in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, which fills and empties frequently but unpredictably due to unknown geological conditions. There are three streams flowing into the lake but none out. It is said that on nights when the lake is full, a ghost haunts the shoreline.
QNblX TIL in 1944, a deadly munitions explosion at Port Chicago Naval Magazine killed 320 sailors—mostly African Americans—after they were ordered to load live explosives without proper training.