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TIL the reporter who exposed ties between the CIA and the crack epidemic in California was found dead, with two shots to his head. It was ruled a suicide

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d8Zjd TIL King Gillette, who founded Gillette razors, believed that everyone in the US should live in a giant city called Metropolis powered by Niagara Falls.
KANE TIL A man in China has kept himself alive with a homemade dialysis machine for 13 years.
Oo0Z6 TIL: An artist was hired to create "The most unwanted song" which contains bagpipes, children singing about holidays, advertising jingles, accordions, and a soprano rap, it lasts 22 minutes.
rNJO0 TIL BC Place Stadium's original inflated white dome was the world's largest air-supported roof when it was built in 1983. The flexible tarp roof was ripped up in 2007 by snow and wind
yQNrM TIL That the loudest sound ever recorded was the Krakatoa volcano eruption in 1883. It was so loud that it ruptured the eardrums of people 40 miles away, traveled around the world four times, and was clearly heard from 3,000 miles away.