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TIL I learned that the actor with the most appearances in Bond films is, in fact, executive producer Michael G. Wilson. He's made cameos in every film since The Spy Who Loved Me, having started off in Goldfinger

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ep0Nk TIL there is a pond at the North Pole that came into existence in 2002. It is the northernmost pond in the world.
V0v8 TIL a tiny roundoff software error resulted in the death of 28 U.S. soldiers, a 1/3 of a second rounding error turning into a 600 meter interception failure
8eEM8 TIL during his two years playing major league baseball John Miller hit a home run in his first ever at bat, and his last ever at bat, and those are the only two home runs of his entire MLB career.
BrpXx TIL that Pedro López - one of the most prolific serial killers in history, with between 100 and 300 victims - was released from prison in 1998 after being declared "sane." His current whereabouts are unknown.
W7RMd TIL about the White Revolution, a sweeping -- and mostly successful -- program to modernize Iran. One element of it ended feudalism and gave farms to the farmers, but many of them ended up worse off than they were under feudalism. This caused a domino effect that led to the Islamic Revolution.