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TIL In 1996, psychedelics-advocate Timothy Leary had his death videotaped to be broadcast on the internet. The footage has never been released.

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9YMbp TIL that Skylab, the first U.S. space station, cost $2.2 billion but was occupied for only 6 months of its 6 years in orbit. It was damaged during launch and eventually fell to Earth on July 11, 1979. The debris fell on western Australia, and the Shire of Esperance fined NASA A$400 for littering.
R7wpQ TIL, the reason why US has quarters instead of some coin acting as fifths of the US Dollar is because the US currency was based off the Spanish Dollar which had 8 reals per peso, "pieces of eight".
9YWPm TIL Sylvester Stallone's iconic facial features, especially around the mouth area, is due to the fact that he was born at the hands of an intern because they couldn't afford a real doctor. The intern accidentally paralyzed the motor nerves on the left side of his face, and took 4 years to recover.
EGd0 TIL Vanna White announced a pregnancy through a Wheel of Fortune puzzle. Sadly, just days after taping, she had miscarried.
DyYe TIL: There are only 3 modern city-states in our world. Singapore, Monaco and Vatican City.