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TIL Carrie Fisher was addicted to cocaine AND survived an overdose during the filming of The Empire Strikes Back.

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WkLdo TIL when John Connally died in 1993, there was a petition to recover the fragments of the bullet that hit him in Kennedy's assassination, hoping to disprove the single bullet theory. Department of justice replied that it would approve if Connally's family gave permission, which they refused to give.
gB0D TIL Walmart gives its managers a 53-page handbook called “A Manager’s Toolbox to Remaining Union-Free ” which provides helpful strategies and tips for union-busting.
0g5y TIL that spacecraft designers have to contend with a poorly-understood phenomenon known as “cold welding” where clean metal surfaces can spontaneously weld themselves together in the vacuum of space.
dJXd TIL Billionaire Daniel Keith Ludwig Had Frozen His Genetic Material, Believing His Estranged Ex-Wife’s Daughter Might Challenge his Will. 40 Years Later, and after his Death, She Sued The Estate And Lost, Because DNA Analysis Proved He Wasn’t Her Father.
PY69w TIL about Bakken in Denmark. It's the oldest still operating amusement park in the world (Guinness book of records). It was founded in 1583.