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TIL that at one point, Blockbuster was growing so fast that it was opening a new store every 17 hours

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vn87 TIL NOAA has had a 400 sq ft underwater research base for 30 years; long term residents are called ‘aquanauts’
R5mV6 TIL in 456 BCE Aeschylus, the father of Greek tragedy, was killed after an eagle dropped a tortoise on his head. According to Pliny, Aeschylus had been avoiding a prophecy which foretold that one day a house would fall on him and take his life.
8amyX TIL An Indonesian man who claimed to be world’s oldest person died at ‘age 146’ in 2017. According to his identity card, Sodimejo was born on Dec. 31, 1870 but Indonesia only started recording births in 1900
M7GQb TIL the Hoover Institution has a recording thought to be of a secretly bugged meeting of British and American POWs in a German POW camp.
yVMYM TIL when Admiral Nelson was killed at Trafalgar, his body was placed in a cask of rum. According to legend, when it was opened, the sailors had tapped the cask and drank the rum, originating the phrase "tapping the Admiral".