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TIL: In 1977 we received a radio signal from space that lasted 72 seconds. To this day, we still don’t know where it came from

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4XAbN TIL of Anthony Mascarenhas, a Pakistani journalist who dared to write the truth about the atrocities committed by Pakistan in Bangladesh in 1971. He flew to UK to ‘visit a sick sister’ and agreed to get it run in the Sunday Times. The story ran the day after he snuck his family out of Pakistan.
Me9Em TIL that Uranus smells like farts because its atmosphere consists largely of hydorgen sulfide.
E1W1o TIL that Jamie Lee Curtis is a Baroness because her husband Christopher Guest inherited the title of Baron and is a member of the House of Lords. She however rejects the use of the title because she believes it has nothing to do with her.
R5rM6 TIL That the Nokia 1100 is the world’s best selling mobile phone
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