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TIL: Stephen King was so intoxicated on drugs and alcohol that he “barely remembers writing” Cujo.

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QJNrp In September 2015, scientists witnessed something never seen before: two black holes colliding. Both about 30 times as big as our Sun, they had been orbiting each other for millions of years. A fraction of a second before the crash, they sent a vibration across the universe at the speed of light that was picked up by the LIGO detector. So what are these ripples in space? Amber L. Stuver explains. Lesson by Amber L. Stuver, directed by Eoin Duffy.
VMOBQ TIL: Dino Bravo, WWE/F main eventer in the 80's, was found murdered after being shot 17 times. It is suspected to be a mafia hit connected to cigarette smuggling.
ADY8w TIL Winona Ryder was beat up as a child by bullies for looking like a feminine boy and was then kicked out of the school instead of the bullies. She ran into one bully years later and the bully asked for her autograph, to which she gloriously denied.
1avkV TIL that DNA tests revealed that King Tut's parents were actually brother and sister.
8a9eV TIL of the Graffito of Esmet-Akhom, the last known inscription written in Egyptian hieroglyphs, the carving was done on the 24th August 394 when Egypt was under Roman control and mostly Christian.