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TIL that 4% of the sand on Normandy is shrapnel from D-Day.

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e0Ad6 TIL when George Rockwell, founder of the American Nazi Party, was shot dead his father commented "I am not surprised at all. I've expected it for quite some time." The party claimed the body over the parents, but when they wore swastikas at the funeral, the state cremated his body instead.
e0aKk TIL Hubble watched a failed supernova turn into a black hole before its very eyes. These so-called "massive fails" (seriously) are thought to occur when the core of a star is so huge its exploding shell of gas cannot escape, and instead collapses back in on itself.
Dnye TIL The poorest town in America has no homelessness, crime, or slums.
4Xnxw TIL that 90% of the plastic waste in the ocean comes from Asia & Africa
5VYpB TIL For production of 'The Bellboy ' (1960) Jerry Lewis was actor and director, so he invented a system of multiple cameras and monitors enabling him to act, review the performance, and reshoot immediately. Lewis received the Golden Light Technical Achievement award for the invention.