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TIL gold on Earth came from colliding neutron stars

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o518 TIL that every year, the city of Oslo, Norway donates a Christmas tree to Britain as a token of gratitude for their help in World War II.
vPPr4 TIL the TV channel TLC was originally founded by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare and NASA to transmit educational lessons to children in schools.
4kbJa TIL that the Afro-Bolivian people have their own, separate monarchy
0w0xM TIL that in 1966 a US Air Force B-52 bomber and a USAF tanker collided in midair, and the 4 nuclear bombs the B-52 carried fell into Southeast Spain. One of the bombs detonated, scattering plutonium all over the countryside.
nyrd TIL When LulzSec hacked Nintendo, neither reported that any valuable information was taken. LulzSec did not mean harm to Nintendo saying: “We’re not targeting Nintendo. We like the N64 too much — we sincerely hope Nintendo plugs the gap.”