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TIL NASA plans to retire the International Space Station by 2031 by crashing it into the Pacific Ocean

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j6Z0n Til there are more then 20 Sovereign states in the North America
D10vg TIL that a Louisiana man, Timothy Jackson, is serving life in prison for shoplifting a $159 jacket.
JYXAk TIL about Goose Pulling, where people would tie a goose upside down and grease its neck, then ride past it and try to pull its head off.
YLXd TIL that Adolph Hitler (whose first name means “lead wolf”) was fascinated by wolves and sometimes used “Herr Wolf” or “Conductor Wolf” as an alias. Also, several of his military bases were named after wolves.
XE1mP TIL that Josh Hartnett was Christopher Nolan's first-choice for Bruce Wayne in 'Batman Begins' but he turned Nolan down because he didn't want to be typecasted as a superhero, which is when Nolan approached Christian Bale for the role. Hartnett now says that was "the worst decision of my career."