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TIL Olympic Gold Medalist and World Record Holder Usain Bolt ate 1,000 chicken nuggets and still managed to win three gold medals while competing and staying in Beijing, China.

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X0Jlj TIL before the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) was completely constructed, there were concerns among the public that its high-energy experiments would lead to the formation of micro black holes or strangelets, a dark-matter-like particle that can convert all matter it touches into strange matter.
p80Ob TIL the Australian Kangaroo 1 tonne gold is the largest bullion coin in the world made of 99.99% gold and weighing 1 tonne or 35,274 ounces, 80cm wide and more than 12cm deep. At today’s (May 26, 2020) gold price ($1,710.42USD) this coin is worth $‭60,343,937 USD.
kO8Ae TIL the band Boston, the album and the hit single "More Than a Feeling" were all created by one person, Tom Scholz, mixing tracks in his basement. The actual band was formed later to play the songs live.
xVBx5 TIL Harvard invented the college interview and evaluation of extracurricular activities to weed out Jews in the selection process.
16WDO TIL that the Pentagon spent $170,000 to find out why one spills coffee while walking.