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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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4kedJ TIL the writer of 'Crime and Punishment', Dostoevsky, was sentenced to death by firing squad for political reasons. Moments before he was to be shot, a cart delivered a letter from the Tsar commuting the sentence to four years of exile in Siberia
7dWP TIL Norway maintains the largest sovereign wealth fund totaling $882 Billion in assets
4XnDJ TIL the Christmas song "Do You Hear What I Hear?" is a song written by a couple in 1962 as a plea for peace during the Cuban Missile crisis.
l7KRa TIL about Orotidine 5'-phosphate decarboxylase, an enzyme known for its extreme efficiency, it accelerates a certain reaction that would take normally 78 million years to 18 milliseconds.
kJWoW TIL, "the unconfirmed record for fastest moving manmade object is a manhole cover propelled by a nuclear detonation." is actually nothing more than a myth and Dr. Robert R. Brownlee (man responsible for legend/myth) wrote an essay about it.