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TIL that our spinal chord has consistency of a Banana

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yelX TIL During an underground nuclear test in 1957, the cap on top of the shaft was blasted into the air at about 66 km/s. It is believed that this was the first manmade object in space.
AmOg TIL Gates McFadden, who played Dr Crusher in Star Trek: The Next Generation, choreographed the ballroom dance scene in the movie Labyrinth
d8lRQ TIL that when he was assassinated, Martin Luther King Jr. had a nearly 75% public disapproval rate
XEdAX TIL When humans and dogs gaze into each other’s eyes both of their brains can excrete oxytocin, the only observed case between two different species
O0L1 TIL In the 50’s, the CIA tried to assassinate Fidel Castro by slipping an exploding cigar into his private supply