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TIL the Fermi Paradox arose as part of a casual conversation in the 1950s when Enrico Fermi asked "But where is everybody?" referring to extraterrestrial life

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wLxp1 TIL my favorite Mexican dish was originally a stew made with the human flesh of sacrificed prisoners .
J5v TIL that a random guy on a beach in Scotland found an axe head that could be 450,000 years old
bZlp TIL that in Switzerland it’s LEGAL to download any kind of copyrighted media.
X0906 TIL Salvator Mundi is a painting by Leonardo de Vinci, in 2017 it was sold for 450 million dollars.It is the most expensive painting ever sold at auction. The painting was bought by a Saudi Prince, who has not put it on display.
kJZjB TIL that in 1989, a group called "The Breeders" caused a medfly infestation in California to protest spraying of the insecticide Malathion, devastating crops and costing $60 million in eradication efforts. The state ceased this spraying in response.