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TIL that it’s possible to produce x-rays by simply unrolling scotch tape

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WkGbB TIL Gary Burghoff (Radar O’Reilley from MASH) and Lynda Carter (Wonder Woman) were in a band together in the late 1960’s
mx4Ry TIL that the actual London bridge is in Arizona. It was taken apart in 1963 from London and shipped over seas to Arizona to help bring people to a new developing town.
waEM TIL that a soccer ball that was on board Space Shuttle Challenger, was recovered, and is now in orbit around Earth aboard the International Space Station
x66Xb TIL of Palenquero, a Spanish-based creole spoken in the Colombian town of San Basilio de Palenque that mixes Spanish with Kikongo, a language spoken in the Congo region of Africa. It is the last Spanish-based creole language of its kind in Latin America.
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