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TIL Iggy Pop hated punk

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yQ0xa TIL that Kathy Sullivan, the astronaut who in 1984 became the first American woman to walk in space, has now become the first woman to reach Challenger Deep, the lowest known point on the planet
m1D0v TIL in 1978, Terry Kath (of the band Chicago) was at a party playing with a revolver. He spun it, put it to his temple, and pulled the trigger. He picked up a 9mm, thinking it was unloaded, put it to his temple saying "What do you think I'm gonna do? Blow my brains out?”. He died from the gunshot.
Z8YaY TIL The farthest you can get from a McDonald's in the U.S. is 107 miles.
awE9b TIL 89 years ago, in April 18, 1930, the BBC's news announcer reported "There is no news," and piano music was played for the rest of the 15-minute news segment.
awRrN TIL Almost 500 years ago, an African man Yasuke arrived in Japan. He would go on to become the first foreign-born man to achieve the status of a samurai warrior and the only black person to achieve this status.