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TIL, Elliott Rodger's complaints about so-called "rejections" from women as his excuse for a killing rampage in 2014, we're actually a perception he had that manifested after doing what others would call 'self-rejecting' and being 'closed off' from society.

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J1Bak TIL that it is common for astronomers to call any element heavier than Hydrogen and Helium to be a metal.
KpaE TIL that in the 1930s New York city planner Robert Moses deliberately built a number of bridges really low so that only cars could go under it - so as to prevent blacks (who mostly used public transport) from visiting New York’s ‘pristine’ beaches
9YZnG TIL the very first liquid ever poured on the moon, and the first food eaten there, were communion elements. Buzz Aldrin asked for a moment of silence while he was on the moon and had his own communion. NASA then kept it a secret due to activist Madalyn O'Hair.
nW7bo TIL Earth's Magnetic N Pole is moving 60 km Annually, Faster than it has in a Long Time. It used to move about 15 km annually, but it has now moved out of Canada and is headed towards Russia. A pole reversal (N turns into S, and vice versa) is possible, but unlikely at this time.
RBnl TIL to pay for his film Clerks, Kevin Smith sold most of his comic book collection, maxed out several credit cards, used some of the funds for his college education, spent insurance money awarded for a car he lost in a flood, and worked in the convenience store used in the film.