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TIL of Disney’s short lived introduction of self destructing DVDs.The discs worked perfectly for the two-day viewing window but when taken out of the package, exposure to oxygen turned the coating black and made the disc impenetrable by a DVD laser.

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nW7VW TIL chickpeas are the healthiest bean in the legume family (11g protein and 35g fiber in 1 cup) and also fixes it's own nitrogen from the atmosphere, leaving extra stores of the nutrient in the soil for future crops to consume. Chickpeas can also, under proper farming conditions, sequester carbon.
YmlA TIL John Cena holds the record for wishes granted with the Make-A-Wish foundation by any celebrity at over 400
PYkPL TIL that the Guinness world record for the longest album title is held by Chumbawamba, with a 156 word long album usually shortened to "The Boy Bands Have Won". (Full title in comments)
wLkEP TIL Gangster Henry Hill (Ray Liotta's "Good Fellas" character was based on him) was put in the Federal Witness Program. However, after multiple relocations the Feds finally kicked him out because he kept getting drunk and telling his neighbors who he really was.
RVp7 TIL that in 1978 a lone pilot flying in Australia reported to air traffic control that he was being accompanied by an aircraft above him. Asked to identify the aircraft, he radioed “It isn’t an aircraft”. His plane disappeared and has never been found.