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TIL that in 2010, a spanish woman claimed ownership of the sun and tried to charge everyone who used it a fee.

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e00Mb TIL that the Chinese regime uses organs harvested from political prisoners, Tibetans, Uyghurs, underground Christians, and practitioners of the banned Falun Gong spiritual movement. People whose views conflict with the ruling Chinese Communist Party are being murdered for their organs.
M6Za TIL that Creme Puff, the world’s oldest known cat, lived to be 38 years old. Born in 1967, and died in 2005.
8V4b TIL A man named Dan Goodwin climbed the north World Trade Center tower in 1983 to call attention to the inability to rescue trapped occupants from the upper levels of skyscrapers.
QJgka TIL the Beatles asked Stanley Kubrick to direct Lord of the Rings with them starring in it. John Lennon wanted to play Gollum, Paul McCartney Frodo, Ringo Starr Sam, and Harrison Gandalf. Kubrick turned them down, and Tolkien didn’t like the idea of a Beatles adaptation of his work
QJQe6 TIL A university called 42 is free, doesn’t care about SAT scores and wants to educate 10,000 students within the next 5 years. When the French President visited the campus in Paris there were students sleeping on the floor in the hallway