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TIL that during the Aurora movie theater shooting, a man left his girlfriend and two small children in the theater, ran to his car, and drove away. He later proposed to his girlfriend at the hospital. She said yes.

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ADkZa TIL Bambi Woods, who was best known for her appearance as the title character in the 1978 film Debbie Does Dallas, has disappeared since 1986. Mostly because Jim Clark, who coined Woods's stage name, has refused to divulge her real name out of respect for her requests for privacy.
J7m8 TIL London has a secret, 2nd underground rail network
KOMLR TIL after losing automatic control of his Mercury capsule, astronaut Gordon Cooper was forced to use his knowledge of constellations, wristwatch, and his eyeballs to manually land his spacecraft. He ended up splashing just 4 miles from his recovery ship, the most accurate landing up to that point.
pWAb TIL Coffee company Nescafe add a formulated coffee aroma to the top of instant coffee jars before sealing them so that you get that ‘fresh coffee’ smell when you open the jar the first time.
olmo TIL Ray Bradbury first titled Fahrenheit 451 “The Fireman”, then called a local fire station to ask what temperature it would take to actually ignite books. The responding firemen placed him on hold and burnt a book, then reported that the heat required was “Fahrenheit 451″.