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TIL a man drove a tank through the Berlin Wall to escape living in East Germany

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nWdMo TIL of the album Dark Night of the Soul by Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse. It was unreleased for years due to a label dispute. After it was leaked online, Danger Mouse started selling a blank CD-R with the label "For legal reasons, enclosed CD-R contains no music. Use it as you will."
VM4e4 TIL that there are 3 trillion trees on Earth, which is more trees than there are stars in the Milky Way galaxy and cells in the human brain.
1a7Rd TIL that after the Unabomber demanded his manifesto be published in a major newspaper in order to cease his attacks, Penthouse offered to publish it. His response was that he hoped for a more "respectable" outlet, but if no one else agreed, he would let them publish but he would bomb one more time.
9w0JB TIL the hardest shot in bowling is not 7-10, it's the "Greek Church" (4-6-7-9-10)
rNl9w TIL a 36-year-old man with severe abdominal distension and respiratory distress presented to the Emergency Room. During medical evaluation, it was found that he had an intra-abdominal mass, which was identified as a parasitic twin.