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TIL there are 20+ kinds of ice
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TIL that any U.S citizen travelling in Austria who find themselves in distress can enter any McDonald's in the country and the staff will assist them in making contact with the U.S. Embassy for consular services.
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TIL James Cameron originally did not want Titanic to have a theme song. Composer James Horner got Celine Dion to record the song ‘My Heart Will Go On’ in secret. Dion disliked the song and only one take was done, this demo version was eventually used and Dion has never recorded the song again.
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TIL that the number 2147483647 is the biggest possible number in 32-bit computing. In December 2014, "Gangnam Style" exceeded the 32-bit integer limit for view count, necessitating YouTube to upgrade the variable to a 64-bit integer
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TIL in 2002, John Muhammad (41) & Lee Malvo (17) went on a random killing spree known as the D.C. Sniper Attacks. However, their rampage actually began months before on the West Coast. They murdered 17 people (injured 10) in Washington, Arizona, Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, Maryland, Virginia, & DC.
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TIL People who survived suicide attempts by jumping off the Golden Gate bridge often regret their decision in midair, if not before. Said one survivor: “I instantly realized that everything in my life that I’d thought was unfixable was totally fixable—except for having just jumped.”