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TIL the Blockbuster Video store in Bend, Oregon is the last in the world

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kR9m TIL the Make-A-Wish Foundation granted 12-year-old leukemia survivor Declan McLean-Pauley’s wish to blow a bunch of shit up
yQlNp TIL that George Miller, famous for his post-apocalyptic Australian action franchise Mad Max, also wrote and directed the dancing penguins musical comedy franchise Happy Feet.
woJ1P TIL philosopher Thomas Hobbes was born prematurely on 5 April 1588, his mother going in labor because of her anxiety about the imminent invasion of the spanish armada, He would later write that "my mother gave birth to twins: myself and fear"
o6X7 TIL on September 11th, 1857 120 settlers were slaughtered by a Mormon militia in southern Utah
oRRDY TIL of the ancient Greek athlete Theagenes. After his death, a rival athlete who held a grudge would beat his statue. The statue fell on his rival, killing him. It was then put on trial, convicted of murder and was exiled by being thrown into the sea.