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TIL an Australian rancher noticed cattle drinking rainwater that had collected in a mysterious metal object on his property which, after an investigation, turned out to be the end cap from one of Skylab’s oxygen tanks that had fallen to Earth more than a decade earlier in 1979.

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1a6vV Almost nothing looks more orderly than chess pieces before a match starts. The first move, however, begins a spiral into chaos. After both players move, 400 possible board setups exist. After the second pair of turns, there are 197,742 possible games, and after three moves, 121 million. At every turn, players chart a progressively more distinctive path, and each game evolves into one that has probably never been played before.
R77D9 TIL there’s a species of cactus that lives so far north in Canada that it’s north of the southern edge of Alaska
EgYkw TIL that ciabatta is not a long-established, traditional Italian bread. It was invented in 1982, largely as a response to the popularity of French baguettes.
4k0PJ TIL that minors who get married in the U.S. can't file for divorce without parental consent
wPN6 TIL: Eddie Murphy earned the Razzie Award for both worst actor and worst actress for his roles in “Norbit”.