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TIL that the Big Bang Theory was first proposed by a Catholic Priest in 1927

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Lk7Pp Today I learned that,Jack Daniels died of sepsis in Lynchburg on October 9, 1911. The infection began in one of his toes, which Daniel injured one morning at work by kicking his safe in anger when he could not get it opened. (It was rumored that he would often times forget the safe combination.)
emKg TIL that the Hindenburg was originally designed to use non-flammable helium but the USA refused to export any resulting in the hydrogen based construction.
pYJkG TIL cicadas can sexually transmit a fungus that produces psychedelic effects, similar to mushrooms, so they don't really care about their condition. It also makes their butts fall off.
VMEkQ TIL A retired electrical engineer named Bruce Campbell had an old Boeing 727 delivered to the woods near Portland, OR and converted it to his home where he lives full time
Z8RA4 TIL from a 2019 article that it was estimated that the world had consumed 1.1-1.5 trillion barrels of oil from the beginning of the industry to 2018.