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TIL Big Bird was nearly a passenger on the doomed Challenger
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TIL there’s an actual fudge factory in Uranus, Missouri. Up to 10,000 people visit Uranus each month.
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TIL that for a period of 20 years, Argentina ranked as one of the wealthiest nations on Earth, having the highest GDP per capita in 1895 and being among the 10 richest until 1920. Today, the country is in crippling debt, and is considered one of the biggest economic downturns in modern history.
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TIL that the two songs whose tempo is closest to the optimum for performing CPR on someone who has just suffered a heart attack - 100 bpm - are “Stayin’ Alive” and “Another One Bites The Dust”
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TIL In 2012, following the Negros earthquake in the Philippines, rumors spread in Cebu City that a tsunami had hit causing residents to panic. The panic was said to have been caused by a misinterpreted cry for someone named "Chona Mae," which was mistaken as a call for "tsunami."
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TIL That when a stretched out slinky is dropped, the bottom stays still in mid air until the two ends meet (Skip to 16 seconds)