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kxxW TIL that all of the spent nuclear fuel in the United States could be safely stored in a building the size of a Wal-Mart
NXGr6 TIL that in 1966, 29-yr-old folk-singer Richard Fariña died in a motorcycle accident just two days after the release of his debut novel, "Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me". The book became a cult classic, and has been cited as a source of inspiration for many artists, such as The Doors.
VMOBk TIL that there is a hotel in Sweden built entirely out of Ice which started in 1990 and is rebuilt every year.
BjWd TIL : Don King, famed boxing promoter stomped one of his employees to death, however he only spent 3 years and 11 months in jail.
YpxjP TIL that Quakes (as in Earthquakes) don't only happen on Earth. There are Moonquakes, Venusquakes and Starquakes, which happen on neutron stars. One such starquake happened on a star 50000 Light Years away and would have been a 32 on the Richter Scale.