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TIL a deep-space supernova or sun-flare expelling cosmic rays and charged particles may have caused a 2003 Belgium miscounted election by bit flipping an election machine and causing a candidate to receive an extra 4096 votes

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5VMOR TIL the identity of the 'Somerton Man' was solved after 73 years, with the help of forensic genealogy
DQwVY TIL Michael Nesmith from the Monkees produced the video for Lionel Richie's hit All Night Long
awrmo TIL Greek Mythology says the milky way formed when Hera removed Heracles while he was breastfeeding, spurting milk across the sky.
WDWB TIL of Hitler’s “Supergun”: the V-3 cannon was designed to launch shells over 100 miles (165 km) to bombard London from bunkers on the French coast.
nWvro TIL in the first Rocky movie, Burt Young was only 35 years old while playing the role of Paulie. 47 years later, he still acts in 2-3 movies a year