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TIL Corona, CA is sometimes referred to as the ‘record holder in the fumbled time capsule category’ with 17 time capsules buried – and lost

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VjgZ TIL there is an 1986 episode of Twilight Zone directed by Wes Craven and written by George R.R. Martin
78ALM Today I learned someone paid $2M for a sealed 1985 NES Super Mario Bros.
KYbE6 TIL that Smokey the Bear was in fact a REAL bear.
0dgLy TIL that the film composer John Williams plays a bartender in a cameo appearance in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
XEbW6 TIL John Denver's death was caused by his inability to switch fuel tanks during flight. The selector valve handle should have been located between the pilot's legs, but the builder put it behind the pilot's left shoulder. The fuel gauge was behind the pilot, not visible by him.