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TIL that before the world's first nuclear explosion, the chance that the earth would be vaporized by the explosion was estimated at "slightly less than 3 in 1,000,000".

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b9eZa TIL the only university that would allow the movie Animal House to film on their campus was the University of Oregon. The Dean of the school had previously refused to allow The Graduate to film there and didn't want to miss another opportunity so he gave them full access without reading the script
jNE9Q TIL that the earliest recorded use of the word "Fuck" dates back to 1310, when "Roger the Navel-Fucker" (Roger Fuckebythenavele) was banned from Chester County in England for failure to appear in court.
x6yRb TIL that US President Theodore Roosevelt pets included: a small bear, a lizard, 5 guinea pigs, a pig, a badger, a blue macaw, a hen, a one-legged rooster, a hyena, a barn owl, a rabbit; and a pony
d8dP7 TIL grasshoppers that live near a road evolve to call at a higher pitch than more rural grasshoppers so as to be heard over the traffic. This increases their chances of mating. Birds in noisier parts of cities also call at higher pitches than the same species of birds in quieter parts.
ZeZp TIL: In 2013, forty year old Heath Campbell strolled into a New Jersey courthouse wearing full Nazi regalia and asked for visitation rights to his toddler claiming “Prisoners get to see their children, murderers get to see their children. What’s so horrible about being a Nazi?”.