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TIL a truck driver passed out, crashed, and died after breathing in toxic fumes created by a cargo of decomposing sea lettuce

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pYP4A TIL in 2005, Michael Jackson planned to build a 50ft robot of himself that would "wander in the [Nevada] desert as an advertisement" for a proposed Las Vegas residency. Funding problems shelved both the robot and residency, and a Nov 2009 meeting to revisit the idea was cancelled once Jackson died
OGg46 TIL that Hitler is not recognized as evil worldwide
jNwQj TIL Area 51 is just a cover. The really secret base is Area 52, the Tonopah Test Range 70 miles to the North, which is regarded by some as being the most secret covert Black Projects base in the USA.
VLg0 TIL Goldman Sachs made big money helping to falsify Greece’s EU application, hiding massive amounts of debt. They then used that inside information to bet AGAINST Greek bonds, and made a killing.
yQrr8 TIL: The Soviet K-429 nuclear submarine sunk twice and then became a training sub