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TIL The first person to hear Journey’s “Only the Young” was terminally ill, 16 year old Kenny Sykaluk, who died the next day still holding the Walkman in his hand

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78e7x TIL, Japan is working on a train type of system for future travel to Moon and Mars. The project is also to enable people to live there in the future.
Wk5eN TIL in 1985, sportswriter Zotique Lespérance was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame's media section, along with Tim Moriarty and Dick Johnson, however Lespérance was not invited to his induction ceremony as the Hall of Fame was misinformed that he had died. Lespérance was invited the next year.
Kkm9 TIL Game company NCSoft published a fake letter from Ultima-creator Richard Garriott while he was in quarantine after returning from space, announcing his “voluntary” resignation. Then they fired him.
Y7ROZ TIL The Photos in the Cheers Opening montage were taken at a bar in Craigville, Minnesota in 1937
LkmY9 TIL A month-long public hunt of invasive pythons is held on a vast expanse of state forests and other government-owned land north of Everglades national park.