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TIL Bill Paxton is the only actor to be killed by a Terminator, Alien and Predator.

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KYMn6 TIL about the Niland Geyser, a mud spring that actually moves from one place to another. Engineers even tried to stop it from impinging on the Union Pacific Railroad, but failed.
bEQj TIL of a Californian care home that went bankrupt. About 16 elderly residents were abandoned, most staff left but the janitor and the cook stayed behind to care for the residents at their own expense
b9LLN TIL Roman Catholics in Bavaria founded a secret society in 1740 called the Order of the Pug. New members had to wear dog collars and scratch at the door to get in.
DWmJ TIL there is a man who has been walking around the world since 1998. He is currently in Russia.
kOypW TIL Stephen Hawking found his Undergraduate work 'ridiculously easy' to the point where he was able to solve problems without looking at how others did it. Even his examiners realised that "they were talking to someone far cleverer than most of themselves".