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TIL that when Elton John married his wife Renate Blauel in 1984, Rod Stewart sent a wedding telegram that read "You may still be standing but we're all on the f**king floor"

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loKe7 TIL that baby hammerhead sharks have a round head to ease the live birthing process of the mother sharks.
gmb TIL that Nasa handed out 370 pieces of moon rock gathered from the Apollo missions, of these 184 are unaccounted for having been lost or stolen including one now in a Dublin landfill. They have also been offered for sale on the black market for $5m.
e0db6 TIL that the film Tron (1982) was not nominated for any visual effects Oscars because the Academy considered using computers to create environments and effects to be "cheating."
1yOD TIL that classic Western one-on-one quick-draw duels were inspired by one particular shootout between Wild Bill Hickok and David Tutt. Wild Bill won and became a sensation in the media, but was also charged with murder. He later got off by pleading self-defense.
lodaN TIL of a device called Stentrode that functions as a brain–computer interface (BCI). It allows people with paralyzed or missing limbs to use their neural signals or thoughts to control computers and other devices. Human trials using the implanted device have begun.