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TIL of the Amazing Randi, a magician/skeptic who spent his life debunking false magicians, skeptics and con men, such as Uri Geller

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ZpaR4 TIL that Los Angeles, California's Griffith Park was originally an ostrich farm
e0rKL TIL that in the 1910s, an encyclopedia company gave away tracts of land in Huntington Beach, California, with every $126 encyclopedia set purchased. Today, the median home price in the area is close to a million dollars.
r8jy TIL the computer virus that infected Iran’s nuclear facilities in 2010 was set to blast AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck” at full volume at midnight.
ayA TIL that Stalin and Lenin robbed a bank together in 1907, killing 40 and injuring more.
P14eg TIL that Jon Bon Jovi's first professional recording was on a Star Wars Christmas album released in 1980. He had a job sweeping floors at the studio the album was being recorded in and the producer had him sing lead vocals on "R2-D2 We Wish You A Merry Christmas".