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TIL Tossing Puffin Chicks off of a cliff in Iceland is vital to the survival of the species

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9vEX TIL The Higgs boson is nicknamed ‘the God particle’ not because of its fundamental role in the universe, but because Leon Lederman, a theoretical physicist who wrote a book about it in 1993, called it the 'Goddamn particle’, as it was so difficult to observe
yQO7X TIL two-thirds of the way between your 31st and 32nd birthdays, you will turn one billion seconds old.
yQQOp TIL after a reviewer commented about a "Billy Joel Rock Band" referenced in an episode of The Office by saying "let's hope [it] never actually exists ever", Billy Joel read the review and told his people "Get me on that Rock Band game".
1aE7X TIL that there is a McDonald's in the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base. The restaurant is only accessible to the base's personnel and the chain says it has no plans to open any other branches in Cuba.
AN71o TIL Justin Bieber was banned by Ferrari from buying certain cars because he modified his new Ferrari in his first year of ownership, violating their terms and conditions