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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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5BZ9 TIL that in 1913, Nebraska outlawed oral sex - in an ironic twist the act that was passed to criminalize oral sex was the 69th act to be passed that year. The act has since been known as “act 69”.
JYBd1 Today I learned that moon rocks are a “National Treasure” and cannot be sold in the United States of America.
Wo74 TIL the name Vanessa was invented by writer Jonathan Swift in 1713 as a nickname for his lover Esther Vanhomrigh.
1RjW TIL four hours after a pregnant woman was tried and hanged by the courts of the Spanish Inquisition, and while the body still hung by the neck, two dead infants were seen to fall free of the body.
gMxrW TIL in 2017, a Norwegian newspaper called biathlon expert Ola Lunde (a very common name in Norway) to ask his opinion on the national team coach. It made headlines when Lunde rashly said the coach wasn't good enough and had to be fired. The only problem was that this Ola Lunde was an ordinary fan.