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TIL H.R. Giger (designer for the ‘Alien’ series) has two bars in Europe with the same amazing biomechanical design he used in the Alien movies.

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epgkb TIL about Japanese Kangiten inspired by the Indian Ganesha
OBpa TIL An al-Qaeda bomber attempted an assassination by cramming one pound of plastic explosives in his ass and blowing himself up. He managed to only kill himself.
w5N1 TIL An Azerbaijani billionaire suddenly decided to build an artificial archipelago with a 100 billion dollar city, including the new worlds tallest building making it “the new Venice”
lvPG TIL that a man spent 121 days in room with 40 venemous snakes in an attempt to break the Guinness World Record of 107 days, only to be told that they no longer maintain that record after achieving it.
LkaR9 TIL that two-star orbiting planets like Star Wars' Tatooine were by wide consensus considered impossible, and the first such planet was only confirmed as recently as 2011