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TIL the chemical element calcium is a metal.

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5Yx4D TIL in May 2022 the 'asteroid 2009 JF 1' will approach the earth dangerously close so that it can be seen in the sky. The NASA program D.A.R.T. is going to distract it from its course. An unlikely collision would have the power of 15 nuclear bombs. Let us hope that this rock will never hit us
oRNXL TIL during his bachelor's degree, Robert Andrews Millikan was asked to teach elementary physics course although he was studying classics. He accepts the offer, studies a physics book during a summer vacation and after 34 years he wins the Nobel Prize for Physics.
R5YmQ TIL about the Battle of Raphia in 217 BC which is the only known clash of African and Indian elephants where the latter won the charge due to size and smell but the former led by Ptolemy IV won the battle
M7ZGV TIL Unit 731 did human drying experiments to find that our body is 78% water
5YLA8 TIL when Devo were opening for Sun Ra, they decided to annoy the audience by playing a half-hour rendition of Jocko Homo. They kept repeating the "Are we not men? We are Devo!" line for about 25 minutes until people started fighting them to make them stop playing.