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TIL the internet weighs as much as one strawberry.

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VMl7k TIL: Harry Houdini started a tradition of stage magicians seeking out and debunking fraudulent psychics, mystics and spiritualists who claim to possess real supernatural powers
neY6Y TIL that gunpowder was discovered by the Chinese monks trying to make an elixir of life. Gunpowder: Origins in the East
5VY8P TIL the word "hurricane" itself comes from the Taino Indigenous Caribbean word hurakán, meaning evil spirits of the wind.
0jrj Til there was a man who determined such advanced mathematics 100 years ago that it took until recently for the scientific community to understand it, and it is now a part of string theory. He had no college degree and failed out of college because he was too focused on actually doing things.
YBEA TIL Samuel Jackson’s performance as Gator in Jungle Fever impressed The Jury of the Cannes Film Festival so much that they decided to create the Award for Best Supporting Actor in that year, honoring him with the award. Till date he’s the only actor to receive such honor.