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TIL when Rodney Dangerfield died they held a Native American butterfly-release ceremony hosted by Farrah Fawcett.

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16BK4 TIL I learned about a place in Norway called Hell
Y7ZQA TIL BMW Paired up with Hans Zimmer to design an artificial sound for their electric cars acceleration.
7rXab TIL there is a cavernous 40-foot tall basement underneath the Lincoln Memorial excavated during its construction. At one point it was open to the public, before being closed after asbestos was found by a tourist. As recently as 2017, it was proposed the basement should be converted to a museum.
MevmV Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research (KSTAR), the so-called "Korean artificial sun," fusion device has set a world record by maintaining plasma at over 100 million °C (180 million °F) for 20 seconds.
ljwK TIL 27-year-old Randall Jordan-Aparo died after being doused with chemical agents three times in 13 minutes while in a Florida confinement cell. Florida prison officials and the Florida Department oF Law Enforcement concluded there was no relationship between the gassing and Jordan-Aparo’s death