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TIL about the Story of Stuff, a fascinating video that explains the system of how Americans consume products and produce waste.

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wLW7o TIL: The Grand Canyon was formed not by the Colorado River cutting down into the landscape, but the landscape rising up and the river roughly maintaining its altitude above sea level
eovg TIL of Equatorial Guinea’s 1975 Christmas Eve massacre, in which roughly 150 political dissenters were executed in a stadium by soldiers wearing Santa Claus costumes to the tune of Mary Hopkin’s “Those Were the Days.”
epA95 TIL there is a rhinoceros-shaped cave in Washington state, formed millions of years ago when lava cooled around a rhinoceros carcass.
Z8Xlp TIL that during the filming of "The Beach" in Thailand, Leonardo DiCaprio and Tilda Swinton were forced to swim in the sea when their boat sank due to sudden storm. DiCaprio and Swinton and crew members spent half an hour swimming at sea before rescuers arrived.
X0g86 TIL that in 1979, the Shah of Iran threw one of the most expensive parties in history, with some cost estimates being over $100 million. It was attended by nearly all royal families, dignitaries & presidents. The example of extravagance was used by the islamic revolutionaries to overthrow the Shah.