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TIL King Abdullah II of Jordon once cameo’d as an unnamed ensign on Star Trek Voyager

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eoKg TIL in 2007, the largest Colossal Squid was captured by fishermen. They froze it for preservation, but when scientists decided to dissect it, they considered using a giant microwave to thaw it, since letting it thaw normally would take days and the outside of the squid might rot before the inside.
Vrp4 TIL that starting in 1988, the Harvard Medical School partnered with film and TV studios to insert the concept of the “Designated Driver” into popular consciousness. The project was a huge success.
D1pJY TIL that for Elton Johns wedding, Eminem gave him 2 diamond-encrusted cock rings on a velvet cushion.
99oB TIL: Taking pi to 39 digits allows us to measure the circumference of the observable universe to within the width of a single hydrogen atom.
kOYYE TIL that Annie Oakley was such a great shooter that she could repeatedly split a playing card, edge-on, and put several more holes in it before it could touch the ground, while using a .22 caliber rifle, at 90 feet.