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TIL ~ About Unit 100 who's main purpose was to research diseases from animals during WW2

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jNGKM TIL moon is moving 4 cm away from earth every year. In 50 billion years, both will be tidelocked in an orbit in which both will show only one face to each other.
mxLep TIL Cross River gorillas are the rarest of all great apes and were unknown to scientists until the early 20th century. They were forgotten, then “rediscovered” after scientists had believed the gorillas had become extinct
N7mkQ TIL that the current 400 m hurdles world record is faster than the historical world record for 400 m (with no hurdles) that was set in 1928
ZpMdp TIL that the only piece of acting Jack Nicholson did since 2010 was for 2019 video game Trover Saves the Universe, where he voices a tree. The voice was recorded by Justin Roiland, the game producer, at Nicholson's house and is featured in the game as a part of an Easter egg, still to be found.
VMYBD TIL nearly 2,500 atomic weapons have been detonated on Earth - 520 of them atmospheric. In 1958 alone, the US detonated 75 weapons. 928 were detonated in Nevada as late as 1992.