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TIL of the spacecraft cemetery - a remote location in the Pacific where dozens of decommissioned vessels have splashed down

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JoAV TIL Norwegian TV producers teamed up with a man dying of cancer to find out if mediums can talk to the dead. He left a secret note with a message only he knows. Anyone can guess what it says, and they reveal it on the 5th of October
WMPX TIL Patrick Stewart left his bags unpacked for the first six weeks of filming Star Trek: TNG because he thought the show would fail.
l7XJ5 TIL: The Government of Canada has an office that creates coats of arms for Canadian citizens, and that all Canadian Citizens may apply to the Governor General for a coat of arms and even an officially-recognized personal flag
1arAO TIL Guy Fawkes managed to jump from the execution scaffold and break his neck, so he could die instantly rather than face more agony from further torture.
69vQZ TIL that Sweden lost a gold medal in the team dressage event at the 1948 Olympic games in London because one of the riders was "only" a sergeant and not an officer. This rule was subsequently scrapped and from then on civilians could compete, too.