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TIL the largest desert in the world is Antarctica, as a desert doesn’t need to be hot but only lose moisture more than it gains

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KOZE4 TIL Sony made an ad for their color display technology featuring 1/4 million brightly colored bouncy balls released down the steep streets of San Francisco. About 50 students were hired to help collect them using skates and floor squeegees at the bottom after each take.
reex TIL the final words of writer Roald Dahl, were almost: “You know, I’m not frightened. It’s just that I will miss you all so much” to his family. After appearing to fall unconscious the nurse then injected him with morphine to ease his passing, he uttered his actual last words: “Ow, fuck!”
b9mj9 TIL pillow fights are banned at West Point after one pillow fight left 30 freshmen cadets injured, including 24 diagnosed with concussions.
j7xn TIL that uppon its release, “The Shining” was nominated for The Razzies including worst actress for Shelley Duvall and worst director for Stanley Kubrick
wodrY TIL of the Katyn Massacre - where the Russian/Soviet government murdered approximately 22,000 Polish military officers/PoWs between April - May 1940.