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TIL NASA Finds Only 40 Digits of Pi Needed to Accurately Calculate Observable Universe's Circumference within 1 Hydrogen Atom

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mxW1M TIL the song “Buffalo Gals” was likely written in 1844 by a blackface minstrel nicknamed Cool White.
VMO7k TIL that scientists developed a plan to boost Egypt's hydroelectric capacity by using 200+ atom bombs to carve a canal between the Qattara Depression and the Mediterranean to create a vast inland sea. The proposal was rejected
K1Qa TIL on 9/11 the Boston Air Traffic Center bypassed the “hijacking protocol” and called directly NORAD’s North Eastern Air Defense Sector (NEADS). NEADS and First Air Force decided to “get permission later” and scramble jets. Boston Center was NEADS’ only source of information throughout the attack.
yBYa TIL that film-maker Casey Neistat spent the entire promo budget for The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty on the Philippines-typhoon-aid, with permission of 20th Century Fox.
R7pRj TIL: That magician Houdini took off a year during WWI to promote the war effort and taught soldiers how to get out of handcuffs giving away some of his magic secrets.