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TIL that in the hours just before and after Arthur C. Clarke's death, five supernovae were observed, a record, with one of them being the farthest object ever seen with the naked eye

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7RWX TIL In 1965, a U.S. Army sergeant drunkenly deserted his company, wandered into North Korea, and was forced to be an interpreter, actor, teacher, and father by the North Korean regime until his release..wait for it..39 years later, in 2004.
eJXb TIL In 1986 approximately 6.5 million people held hands in a human chain for fifteen minutes along a path across the contiguous United States.
MeAB0 TIL the cost of a Bugatti Veyron's oil change is between $20,000 to $25,000 & the cost of tires is around $38,000
mxZRO TIL Rats in a cage with drugs don't use drugs if they're given enough to do.
yQaee TIL the only operating Blockbuster on earth is in Bend, Oregon and is still open to this day.