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TIL in 2006 a schoolboy in England realeased a balloon with a note, it traveled 240kms, landing in then Prime Minister Tony Blair’s holiday home garden, who sent it back with a letter.

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ggd9 TIL that the FBI spent two years analysing the lyrics to Louie Louie for obscenities. The results were inconclusive.
n6ab TIL that 100-year-old notebook found encased in Antarctic ice is part of Robert Scott’s expedition team
W90X TIL When Cary Grant was 9-years-old his mother was placed in a mental institution by Grant’s father. He was told she went on a “long holiday”. Believing that she was dead, Grant didn’t learn otherwise until he was 31 and found her living in a care facility.
awgvN TIL that when the Mars lander Beagle 2 failed, it was assumed that the landing system failed and blame was placed on Colin Pillinger, lead scientist. After this he wasn't allowed to lead any more missions. He died a year before the lander was discovered intact, proving the landing system worked fine
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