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TIL as ruled by a court in China, "no one would in good conscience help someone unless they felt guilty" and thus is why nobody seems to help each other in situations like hit-and-runs

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Y7JVP TIL Space Center Houston offers Astronaut Days where visitors can meet an astronaut, train like an astronaut, have breakfast with an astronaut. There is also the “All-American Meal,” modeled after the meal served on also S-135, the final shuttle mission
kOYOe TIL John Wojtowicz used scenes from "The Godfather" as inspiration of how to pull off his infamous 1972 bank robbery. A movie was made based on the robbery called "Dog Day Afternoon", it starred Al Pacino and John Cazale, both famous for starring in "The Godfather".
rRDWW TIL an attempt to fish deep sea "Twilight Zone" species (which number in the quadrillions) resulted in a fishery burning down because the Lanternfish spontaneously combust at surface temperatures.
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jNoPj TIL Chiclets were discontinued in 2016