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TIL a portion of the “snow” seen on television screens is microwave radiation left over from The Big Bang.

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R5R9Q TIL after surviving a suicide attempt, the rapper Vanilla Ice took up jet-skiing and reached a world ranking of 6.
7xpZ TIL the 1998 Jonesboro Middle School shooters who killed 5 and injured 10 were released at the age of 21 and immediately attempted to acquire firearms
MVrW TIL that a 1992 study of 100 different sites in 22 states showed that when the speed limit was raised the number of accidents decreased by 6.7%. When the speed limits were lowered the number of accidents increased by 5.4%.
womE6 TIL that in 2018, Swaziland changed its name to Eswatini, and this was partially to prevent confusion with Switzerland.
P1QEw TIL that pistachios are prone to spontaneous combustion and any mass transport requires strict precautions.