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TIL Victor Wong, Egg from Big Trouble in Little China, died as a result of exhaustion due to staying up and watching the wall to wall coverage of the 9/11 attacks

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dPxr TIL for over 15 years Paul Rudd has been showing the same clip of Mac and Me on the Conan O'Brien instead of clips from the movies he’s starring in and promoting.
78MNx TIL that Jimmy Carter saw a UFO in 1969
wLME6 TIL because a country's maritime borders extend 200 nautical miles into the ocean, this creates pockets in places like the Gulf of Mexico known as "donut holes", where no country is within 200 miles, making them international waters.
p8AY8 TIL about the largest known structure in the observable universe - Hercules–Corona Borealis Great Wall. It's approximately 10 billion light years in length, more than double the previous record holder, or 9.3% of the observable universe's diameter.
oBgYY TIL: The horror-comedy movie Scream was based on the real-life case of the Gainesville Ripper