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TIL the egg came first, from an animal that was not a chicken.

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O0rX TIL In the early 1960s, the US military dispersed 480,000,000 copper needles in orbit around the Earth, in a failed attempt at creating an artificial ionosphere to improve radio communication. Many of the needles are still up there today.
5vyB TIL Journalist Jon Snow declined an OBE (Order of the British Empire) because he believes working journalists should not take honours from those about whom they report.
l77vN TIL that the most aggressive sharks in the world to humans are called Requiem Sharks, which consist of over 60 species of sharks. They are responsible for over half of all attacks on humans.
RMP9 TIL the founder of Alcoholics Anonymous advocated the regular use of LSD to aid recovering alcoholics.
5D98 TIL you pay to have your star on the walk of fame in Hollywood. $30,000 to be precise.