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TIL the United States Space Command asked Bill Nye to create a video to educate their personnel on the facts about EMPs as opposed to how they're depicted in pop culture. The video is not available to the general public.

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j6Ajp TIL Leonardo DiCaprio idolised River Phoenix as young actor and was desperate to meet him. He saw at a party but was separated by a crowd. Phoenix left the party and went straight to the Viper Room where he would die the same night
OkD4 TIL there is a book by Russian scientist Kirill Yeskov, which tells the tale of Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings from Sauron’s perspective, and of the orcs retreat as they are pursued by elves in an attempt to exterminate them.
yQbYl TIL that the area code for Cape Canaveral, Florida, is 321, due to it sounding like the countdown for the liftoff of a rocket.
nroG TIL That the first day of Hanukkah and Thanksgiving will only ever coincide once in all of human history, and that it is this year.
v1L68 TIL dogs(and probably other animals) bend their tounges backwards to form a spoon to drink.