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TIL when SkyLab disintegrated over a West Australian town, NASA received a $400 ticket for littering from the rural town that received the debris. A radio DJ raised the funds to pay the ticket in the 90s.

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BJrx TIL of a straight Christian man who spent a year of his life as a gay man, including coming out to his family, getting a job as a barista at a gay café and enlisting a friend to act as his boyfriend. The experience radically changed his view of religion and he now views homosexuality as acceptable.
mxYEP TIL that the last remaining living member of the munchkins from Wizard of Oz was 18 years old at the time of filming. He's now 98 years old.
XQLj TIL that human teeth are evolving to be smaller
4mjN TIL that Pablo Picasso was questioned as a suspect when Mona Lisa was stolen in 1911.
OG4ka TIL that the city of St Petersburg, Florida got its name from a coin toss. If it landed on the other side, it would have been named Detroit, Florida