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TIL The first thing ever sold on the Internet was a a bag of weed between students at Stamford and MIT

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99LX TIL that the movie Predator was inspired from a joke that was going around Hollywood that after Rocky 4, Stallone would have to fight Aliens as he had run out of all earthly opponents.
9Y9QB TIL Terry Crews used to draw and sell paintings of his colleagues while playing for NFL to help with his finances and of his family
pYrNN TIL When a star like our Sun dies, it doesn’t explode into a supernova or collapse into a black hole. Instead, it gently sheds its outer layers, which form a beautiful cloud called a “planetary nebula”, while the dying star’s core becomes a white dwarf.
JY4ok TIL that after its infamous explosion in 1986, the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant reported a fire in 1991; and it wasn’t until the year 2000 that the power station was fully shut down.
9YGrX TIL Animals in Japan can only stay at the shelter for 5 days before being put to rest if no one has adopted them.