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TIL that Michael Jackson narrated E.T. the Extraterrestrial's audiobook album. After taking home a record eight Grammys, seven for his album Thriller and one for E.T., he said that out of all of them he was "most proud of this one".

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9Y9jX TIL of Georg Gaertner, a German prisoner of war who escaped from a POW camp in the U.S. in 1945. He started an entirely new life under a new identity, and did not reveal his past, even to his wife, for 40 years
VBg9m TIL about Black Arrow, a British satellite carrier rocket. In 1971, Black Arrow was the first and only successful orbital launch conducted by the United Kingdom. It was retired in favor of using American rockets, which the Ministry of Defence calculated to be cheaper than maintaining the program.
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