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TIL that Exxon’s CEO has been fighting to stop fracking activity near his Texas home

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XG0j TIL Widely regarded as the greatest achievement in collegiate athletics, Jesse Owens set 3 world records and tied a fourth…all in the span of 45 mins.
jda TIL there wasn’t an actual script for the original Iron Man. In “primitive rehearsals”, RDJ and Jeff Bridges basically ad-libbed their way to full scenes while being coached by Jon Favreau.
4kVLa TIL: Every Java class binary starts with the 8-digit hexadecimal number 0xCAFE_BABE. If you own an Android phone, this "magic number" is likely compiled into thousands of individual files on it.
x4RB TIL In 2013, A man set up a stand near Central Park selling black and white artwork for $60. The man ended up being Banksy and the original authenticated artwork sold at the stall was valued at over $200,000 each.
LwaZ TIL that authors J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis made a pact to write books on two topics. Lewis would take “space travel,” Tolkien “time travel”. Lewis completed his “space travel” trilogy, but Tolkien never finished his “time travel” books. Instead, Tolkien wrote “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy.