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TIL that Tupac Shakur was not pronounced dead at the scene of his shooting in Las Vegas. He was taken to a hospital, where he died six days later.

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x5Qo TIL Pixar changed the ending to “Finding Nemo” sequel after seeing a documentary on the terrible conditions at SeaWorld
m1j7Y TIL a US law firm set up honeypots on torrent-sharing site The Pirate Bay and then sued those who downloaded them. The matter reached the FBI and The Pirate Bay collaborated with the feds resulting in the crooked lawyers getting jail time.
X0odR TIL the CIA tried bribing the Singaporean Prime minister and he responded by leaking it to the press
v1AjD TIL that Anthony Bourdain did not respect many celebrity chefs, with the notable exception of Thomas Keller. Keller once served Bourdain a 20-course tasting menu which included a mid-meal “coffee and cigarette,” a coffee custard infused with tobacco, with a foie gras mousse.
16VXP TIL about panspermia, the possibility of life on Earth emerging from it, and the possibility of using it a way of seeding planets with our genetic materials for life to grow on other planets.