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TIL: Seventeen minutes of lost footage from 2001: A Space Odyssey was recovered from a Kansas salt mine

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4PD5 TIL that one of the largest concerts of all time was AC/DC, Pantera, Metallica, Black Crowes, etc. in Moscow and 1.6 million people attended - that is slightly larger than the population of Philadelphia
kOQY7 TIL that a thumb between the index and middle finger (Fig Sign, also known as the "Got your nose!" hand) is a disused hand signal that means "sex" in Japanese.
yQroa TIL fungi are 2.5 billion years old and are technically our ancestors
9wLr TIL NYC water is not kosher.
vPj6B TIL about Pérák, the Spring Man of Prague, who began as an urban legend during the Nazi occupation of the Czech capital city and later became a pop-culture antifascist superhero.