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TIL lightning balls that phase through walls and explode can show up rarely and without reason

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y4jl TIL Anthony Perkins found out he had AIDS when he read about it in a tabloid. While he was in the hospital for a facial palsy, someone tested his blood for HIV and sold the results to the Enquirer.
Y7VBW TIL The vaquita is the rarest and most endangered animal on earth, with an estimated 6-8 left in the entire world.
nWL8G TIL about the Dumont Network, the "Forgotten Network" that only lasted from 1940-1956. It competed with CBS and NBC, and, after the network went bankrupt, most of the network film tapes were dumped into the New York East River.
QNdJM TIL: Carl Sagan originally wanted to include the Beatles' Here Comes the Sun on the record on the spacecraft Voyager but the record company EMI declined
E1epP TIL that Eberhard I, the Duke of Wuerttemberg (1445-1495) once was praised as the richest prince amongst the German princes, as he was said to be able to rest his head on the lap of every one of his subjects without having fear for his life or property.