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TIL in 2017 fitness app Strava published a map showing every single activity ever uploaded to it, inadvertently revealing sensitive information about locations and layouts of military bases.

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ANJmx TIL Belgian scientist Georges Lemaître died on 20 June 1966, shortly after having learned of the discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation, which provided further evidence for his proposal about the birth of the universe, the "Big Bang Theory"
6v6m TIL Ambidextrous people have significantly lower IQ’s than left/right handed people
Y7OnW TIL The Lion King musical is both: the highest-grossing musical theatre production ever at roughly $1.9 billion and also the highest-grossing musical theatre franchise ever with a global total of about $8.2 billion.
PYLkw TIL of the term "Ag-gag". Anti-whistleblower laws passed by the states that make it illegal to film or photograph animal rights abuses on factory farms.
X0pER TIL the blob of toothpaste on a toothbrush is called a nurdle and two toothpaste manufacturers have fought a lawsuit about it.