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TIL Rio’s $12 billion 2016 olympic park is mostly abandoned and off limits to tourism.

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XEVaD TIL that karats measure the parts per 24 so 24 karat gold is considered 100% gold.
loGOV TIL that it is illegal to die in Longyearbyen , Svalbard group of islands in Norway.
aGQb TIL in 1984 celebrity astronomer Carl Sagan, the actor Martin Sheen, the Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg and PGP-creator Phil Zimmermann were in police jail together. They had been arrested after breaking into the Nevada nuclear test site.
N7JMM TIL, Roger Troutman of the band Zapp & Roger used to get sick and feel ill from using a talk box because the talk box he was using was shared by other musicians, and somebody had to guard it because of these incidents.
GvOG TIL The Simpsons crew sent flowers to South Park studios when South Park parodied Family Guy.