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TIL in 2002 an asteroid was discovered in a strange orbit around Earth. It was later found to be the third-stage booster rocket from the Apollo 12 moon landing.

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Px4e TIL that honey is the only food that will not rot. A jar of honey may remain edible for over 3000 years.
R5KWQ TIL that Steven Spielbergs minority report was originally a sequel to Paul Verhoeven 1990s total recall
91jQ TIL that when Theodore Roosevelt’s parents were unsatisfied with his and the other children’s command of German, they shipped them off to live in Dresden for 5 months with a German family
m1NLM TIL that after Leon Czolgosz was executed for assassinating US Pres. William McKinley, the prison warden poured sulfuric acid on the corpse, burned his belongings, and refused to turn over the body to Leon's brother. This was to prevent exhibitions of his life
8aQob TIL of Bicameral theory. The idea that humans have been a self aware and conscious species for only a few thousand years. It's based off the overwhelming absence of introspection and meditation in very ancient texts.