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TIL the official city bird of Redondo Beach, California is the Goodyear Blimp.

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5VgDk TIL Thomas Jefferson was so impressed by macaroni and cheese during a visit to Paris that he wrote down the recipe and instructions on pasta extrusion, imported a pasta maker, macaroni, Parmesan, and made it at his home. He served it at a state dinner in 1802.
a8pvb Til- The division of the hour into 60 minutes and of the minute into 60 seconds comes from the Babylonians who used a sexagesimal (counting in 60s) system for mathematics and astronomy. They derived their number system from the Sumerians who were using it as early as 3500 BC.
preb TIL that not only has there never been a better rocket than the Saturn V (built in 1967), but that today’s engineers can’t even recreate it.
4XZEb TIL that ahead of the most recent papal election in 2013, bookmakers put the odds of Richard Dawkins being elected at 666-1, Bono at 1,000-1, Silvio Berlusconi at 2,500-1, and Lance Armstrong at 10,000-1
5V8k9 TIL - Dark Side of Recycling ♻️ - Unsafe Contaminants ⚠️ can enter any stage of the cycle and build up in recycled products...