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TIL There is an annual festival held in the state of Washington centered around D.B. Cooper and his successful hijaking

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JYdk4 TIL that in a study of people who believed they were sensitive to gluten, over 86% weren't
wLnB8 TIL: AEG Live, the owners and operators of Coachella Music Festival attempted to profit off of Michael Jackson's death by offering fan's 'Souvenior Tickets' in leiu of a refund to tickets to the 'This Is It' tour, which was interrupted by Jackson's death.
JYZy1 TIL A special 90mm solar telescope can show thousands of small (by solar standards) columns of hydrogen plasma in profile at the edge of the Sun. These short-lived features, as long as the diameter of the Earth, merge together to give the Sun’s edge a ‘furry’ appearance
EaXw TIL in 2010 a Kentucky man was beaten and forced at gunpoint to eat his own beard during a dispute over the price of a used riding lawnmower.
QJBvM TIL Jackie Chan shot 2900 retakes for just one scene.