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TIL that Jeff Bezos is spending $42M building a 10,000 year clock

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rRKpW TIL its estimated 66 tonnes of human faeces has been left by mointaineers over the years on Mount Denali, North America's highest peak. It has begun to surface downstream due to warming temperatures, appearing "not very different from when it was buried"... and smelly.
gMg6A TIL the first TV reality show (An American Family) aired in 1973 on PBS and followed the Loud family: Bill, Pat, and their five children. This was nearly 20 years before Real World debuted on MTV.
R5Z46 TIL that in 1973, artist Chris Burden took a handgun, aimed it at an airplane taking off from Los Angeles International Airport, and fired several shots. The act was filmed for a performative art piece titled 747. The piece was meant to depict the idea that you cannot regulate everybody.
8y5P TIL The Discovery show Sons of Guns was cancelled when just about everyone was brought up on child abuse charges.
rNM4x TIL that Robert De Niro originally auditioned for the role of Sonny in The Godfather, but lost the part to James Caan. De Niro later went on to win an Oscar for playing young Vito Corleone in The Godfather Part II.