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TIL that The U.S.gave up its high-energy physics project in Texas after Congress had yanked funding — after building 15 miles of underground tunnels at a $2 billion cost to the U.S. taxpayers.

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neYK9 TIL that “Pap” as in pap smear is short for Papanicolaou, the doctor who discovered this procedure to detect early signs of cervical cancer.
RNw TIL Orcas (killer whales), when traveling in groups, breathe in unison
BNMr TIL that Lord of the Rings takes place in the real world, and that we are now in the Seventh Age.
OGol6 TIL that Simon and Garfunkel’s first single, released in 1957, gained popularity after their manager Sid Prosen bribed DJ Alan Freed to play the song on his radio show. The song, Hey Schoolgirl, gained popularity from this and reached #49 in the charts
a8Wm9 TIL about "Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines", a Rwandan radio station nicknamed "Radio Genocide" because of its hateful propaganda against Tutsis that fueled the Rwandan Genocide