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TIL NASA launched a satellite after the USSR launched Sputnik, and it crashed in 3 seconds— so the press dubbed it ‘Kaputnik’

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rVEe TIL of Aeschylus, a man who was killed by a falling turtle. According to legend, he was so bald than an eagle thought is head was a rock and dropped a turtle on him in an attempt to crack the turtles hard shell.
d7KK TIL a man spend $40,000 buying out two IMAX theaters to prove ex-girlfriend wrong. “His ex-girlfriend dumped him seven years ago because he couldn’t afford two movie tickets for a date”.
8aK1V TIL that in order for Voldemort’s name to spell out to “Je Suis Voldemort” in the French translations of Harry Potter, they had to make his middle name ‘Elvis’
Br4Nb TIL about Super Baseball 2020, an early 90's baseball video game where some of the players are robots.
oB6d7 TIL in 2004, Jessica Simpson sold a line of edible makeup, perfume, and body wash that was discontinued after several lawsuits. One customer claimed the Butterscotch Toffee Body Wash caused a yeast infestion, and another said after using Belly Button Love Potion, she was followed by bees