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TIL: The saxophone sound from the well known Gandalf meme is from Moldova's Eurovision song entry in 2010.

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Bg88x TIL about the "Demon Core" a plutonium core of an atomic bomb designated to be the 3rd nuclear bomb dropped on Japan during WWII, but after Japan surrendered the core was used for research at Los Alamos National Labs in New Mexico where it was involved in two fatal accidents.
oor7 TIL a trial run of the “skyhook” (method of retrieving a stranded person using a plane without landing) used a live pig, which spun in the air uncontrollably during test. After regaining its bearings on the plane, it attacked the crew.
ZmaG TIL that “sell by” and “best by” dates are unregulated and have no relationship to safety, part of why Americans toss 160 billion pounds of food every year.
5AVB TIL there is a 1909 Penny on Mars, which is used as a part of a Calibration Target on The Curiosity Rover
mEZp TIL Lybian rebels would call in air strikes by using coordinates from Google Earth and Tweet them at NATO from their cell phones.