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4WlJ TIL An alchemist, testing if urine can be turned to gold, discovered that urine instead yields phosphorus. Which was worth more at that time.
kO0em TIL that the Chinese equivalent of "when pigs fly" is "when the sun rises in the West." Other variants include "when the crayfish whistles" (Russian), "when the crow turns white" (Tagalog), "when the fish climbs the poplar" (Turkish), and "when it snows red snowflakes" (Hungarian).
klrg TIL that the Louvre museum in Paris generated $2.5 billion dollars in sales last year.
b6X0 TIL in the sixties USA considered detonating a nuclear warhead on the moon to boost morale
Qjga TIL the first Space Shuttle was to be named “Constitution”, but after a major letter writing campaign by Star Trek fans, its name was affectionately changed to “Enterprise”.