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TIL from 1970 to 2015, The Sun published a picture of a topless female model on its page 3

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d8OE TIL Andre Royo (Bubbles from The Wire) was so convincing as a drug addict on location, a real addict approached and gave him heroin, claiming he needed a fix more.
78JpZ TIL that the reason why Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer doesn’t appear in more movies is because unlike the other reindeer, Rudolph is copyrighted by a Connecticut-based company. He was created by Robert L. May in 1939, for a story for a coloring book, which turned out to be a huge success.
n819 TIL using the most lowballed version of Drake’s Equation there are between 200 - 400 billion civilizations in the Observable Universe at any given time.
GYQOj TIL In 1920, the New York Times published an editorial titled "A Severe Strain on Credulity," mocking scientist Robert Goddard's contention that a rocket could conceivably leave the atmosphere and even reach the moon. They later printed a retraction, the day after the launch of Apollo 11.
OQ1 TIL that Woody Harrelson ate custom made Twinkies in Zombieland, because he’s a vegan.