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TIL About the Solar gravitational lens, where in deep space you can use the Sun as a telescope lens.

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N7VgN TIL Prince is the sole credit on his first album. He sang all the parts and played all the instruments, including acoustic and electric guitars, acoustic piano and Fender Rhodes piano, synth bass, various keyboard synths by Oberheim, Moog and Arp, orchestra bells, drums, percussion and bass guitar.
rGN1 TIL that employees at Valve have no managers.
kJBwE TIL Marilyn Monroe's likeness does not have any post-mortem protection as she was domiciled in New York at the time of her death and there are no federal publicity rights.
R5ej1 TIL that during the Vietnam War, U.S. forces faked a vampire attack to scare Viet Cong soldiers by draining a corpse’s blood and leaving puncture wounds to exploit local vampire folklore.
rRR70 TIL Prince William used to play Call Of Duty on the Night Shift at the RAF.