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TIL the AUDIO_TS folder on a DVD does not contain a film’s audio files and was added for potential DVD audio discs that would replace CDs. It never took off.

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E1RyP TIL- Peter Sagan, 3 time road cycling World Champion once offered a man to swap the jacket that caused Sagan to crash during the race, for a World Champion jersey that Sagan used during the race. The deal fell through as the man demanded money for his journey to Paris and money for a new jacket
bRgN TIL The last words from the Challenger Space Shuttle before it exploded were “Uh oh.”
VMmeQ TIL Dr. Leonid Rogozov developed appendicitis during the Soviet Antarctic Expedition and had to self-surgically perform an appendectomy since there were no other physicians present. He returned to work two weeks later and was eventually awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor.
AD9Zo TIL after claiming that discs containing 25 million people’s bank details going missing in the post was a ‘palaver about nothing’, Jeremy Clarkson published his sort code and account number in The Sun. Someone then set up a £500 direct debit to Diabetes UK.
grBrA TIL that Cher has been recording since the sixties and Believe (1998) is her 22nd album