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TIL "Spaghettification" is a real word for what happens when things gets too close to a black hole.

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6lB8 TIL during Australia’s first ever plane hijacking in 1960, the copilot Tom Bennett punched the lone, armed hijacker in the face and then ripped the wires from the bomb he was holding, disarming it. He and the pilot then subdued and handcuffed the man, before landing all 43 passengers unharmed.
4Xdj6 TIL Quincy Jones was supposed to be at the house on the night actress Sharon Tate and her friends were murdered by the Manson Family. He spent the day with one of the victims (Jay Sebring), but didn't turn up that evening.
XEdrR TIL the blue planet used to be purple. 250 million years ago, the oceans lost all their oxygen and one of the only things to survive was a purple alga/bacteria which would have given the seas an irridescent violet hue. Geologists have found remnants of this purple bacteria embedded in ancient rock.
yQGDl TIL that Martha MacIsaac (Becca in Superbad) and Emma Stone became best friends while shooting Superbad to the point they lived together for years after filming ended
yvl TIL Before he was Batman - Adam West Did a Nestle Quik Commercial