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TIL ancient Egyptians used meteorites as jewelry

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YpYZ7 TIL: The reason why pigs are the enemy of birds in Angry Birds is because at the time the game was being designed, the swine flu epidemic was in the news.
GAgLN TIL New York-Presbyterian Hospital Created and maintains a Life-Saving CPR Spotify Playlist. Each track consists of the “right beat” to time CPR compressions, so that 100 chest compressions are done per min.
loAP1 TIL The British army breaks step when crossing bridges. This is because in 1831 a suspension bridge collapsed from all the soldiers marching in unison.
aYo0 TIL that Twenty Five percent of Spongebob Squarepants viewers are adults with no children. The show originally aired in 1999 and will have a new season in summer 2015
LaEV TIL that Gene Roddenberry envisioned Jean-Luc Picard as someone who was “masculine, virile, and had a lot of hair,” so Patrick Stewart auditioned for the role wearing an “awful looking” hairpiece. His performance impressed everyone so much that they hired him anyway, and made him ditch the toupee.