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TIL that the egg came first

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Wk6XL Self-declared Flat Earth researcher and DIY steam rocket enthusiast “Mad” Mike Hughes has finally managed to prove the haters wrong about his ability to blast himself some 1,875 feet into the sky without being crushed or scalded to death, the Associated Press reported on Sunday.
XEdkX TIL: The cleaning solution, 409, is called '409' because it took 409 tries to get the formula right
p4Ep TIL that when The Beatles were at a British Embassy reception in Washington D.C., someone cut off a lock of Ringo’s hair as a souvenier. Ringo told an interviewer, “These diplomats just don’t know how to behave.”
vP8r4 TIL the 7" mantis shrimp can punch with 160lbs of force. They are capable of breaking human fingers with a single hit, and can punch their way out of a glass aquarium.
D1XV TIL the Mötley Crüe song “Kickstart My Heart” was written after bassist Nikki Sixx needed 2 shots of adrenaline directly to his heart from a near fatal heroin overdose. “His two minutes in death were the inspiration for the song”.