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TIL in 1977 a plane crashed into Yosemite Park, containing almost 10,000 pounds of marijuana. Local rock climbers were first on the scene and amassed a fortune from the wreckage.

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nW7W9 TIL the color of Sun is white when viewed in outer space, outside our atmosphere
aw0Zy TIL the FBI sent MLK a letter urging him to commit suicide
AWXx TIL ‘Playboy’ once featured a short story about heterosexual men being persecuted in a world where homosexuality was the norm. In response to angry letters Hefner wrote, “If it was wrong to persecute heterosexuals in a homosexual society then the reverse was wrong, too.”
P1YyJ TIL: The Pirate speak in many films comes from a single actor talking like the fishermen contemporary to his childhood home in early 20th century England
YpkNW TIL that the moon has "moon-quakes" and because the moon has a smaller core than earth, this causes it to ring like a bell