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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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naw9 TIL that nuclear power prevented an average of over 1.8 million deaths between 1971-2009 as a result of lower air pollution from reduced coal usage according to NASA
eaoL TIL a swedish transexual was kicked out of a feminist movement, bullied, then committed suicide for being a man.
VMWG8 TIL: An Indiana Man Woke Up to Becoming a Millionaire By Accident. “It kind of sucks. You go from being a millionaire one second then back to being broke again. But hey, once you’re poor you don’t have anywhere else to go but up.”
AKvo TIL that Steve-O found out Ryan Dunn had died when TMZ called him at 5 a.m. asking about it
dBDK TIL that Norway is considering moving it’s border 40 meters to give Finland a mountain as its 100th birthday present, the peak would also become Finland’s highest point.