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TIL that Voyager 1’s Golden Records contain an hour-long recording of the brainwaves of Ann Druyan, who would later marry Carl Sagan

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rJP4 TIL the “Loony Gas Building” was the name given to an old Standard Oil plant in 1924 after every single man who worked there was hospitalized for insanity… 5 of which died. The plant was manufacturing a new, breakthrough product: leaded gasoline additive.
9rGM TIL classical and heavy metal music attract listeners with similar personalities but dissimilar ages. Younger people of the personality type like metal, older counterparts like classical. Both share their motivation: to hear something dramatic and theatrical, a “love of the grandiose.“
Y7VMv TIL BioLab Chemical also had a massive fire in 2004
kZpm TIL that when a woman asked Leonard Nimoy “Are you aware that you [as Spock] are the source of erotic dream material for thousands and thousands of ladies around the world?”, he replied “May all your dreams come true”.
go89 TIL Dolph Lundgren is the actor that has killed the most characters in action movies.