TIL in 2015, Devon Staples, who used to work at Disney World and would dress up as Gaston and Goofy, died instantly after attempting to launch a firework off his head while celebrating the Fourth of July with his friends.
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TIL that the rarest mineral on Earth is kyawthuite, with only one known specimen found in Myanmar.
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TIL That Jack Kelly, father of Grace Kelly and self made millionaire was banned from the Henley Regatta under the pretext that he was not a gentleman. He went on to beat the Henley champion at the Olympics and sent the King of England a note saying simply "greetings from a bricklayer".
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TIL that in 2023, a patient legally sought euthanasia. Upon being provided a deadly concoction in liquid form to be drunk, the patient's friend (37YO) opted to have a sip themself which nearly resulted in the death of the friend as well.
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TIL if you tune your radio to 91.9 FM for one city block in Montclair, NJ you can hear a looped recording of "I'll Make Love to You" by Boyz II Men which has been broadcasting for at least 13 years straight.
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TIL that Michael Crichton, the author of “Jurassic Park” (1990), was a workaholic who followed what he called "a structured approach" of ritualistic self-denial, where, while writing a book, he’d rise increasingly early each day. At one point, Crichton would go to bed at 10 PM and wake up at 2 AM.
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TIL: That the Beirut Explosion of August 4th, 2020 is considered one of the most powerful artificial non-nuclear explosions in history. It was equivalent to around 1.1 kilotons of TNT and generated an earthquake equivalent to 3.3 in magnitude.
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TIL that Walmart's struggle in Germany was linked to excessive employee smiling, which unsettled shoppers unaccustomed to such behavior. This cultural mismatch, along with other company practices, led to Walmart's exit from Germany in the mid-2000s.
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TIL Lyndon B Johnson worked 18-20 hour days without breaks, smoked heavily, and used his knowledge of every senator's ambitions, hopes, and tastes to his advantage in securing votes. As a congressman, he was the most powerful majority leader in American history.
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