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TIL that E=mc^2 is not the full Einstein's equation and it only works for objects that aren't moving

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GK97 TIL that after the bombing of Hiroshima, there were “ant-walking alligators” that the survivors saw everywhere, men and women who “were now eyeless and faceless — with their heads transformed into blackened alligator hides displaying red holes, indicating mouths.”
9W87 TIL that in 1994 Penn and Teller created a videogame called “Desert Bus” where you do nothing but drive from Tucson, AZ to Las Vegas, NV in real time at 45mph with zero obstacles. It’s said to be one of the worst video games of all time.
ADrKB TIL Flowers for Algernon was rejected for publication numerous times because author Daniel Keyes refused to change the ending to make it happier
D1M9P TIL Lincoln University in Pennsylvania became the first degree-granting institution of higher education for African Americans. It paved the way for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
jlRN TIL A sold-out 727 jet would have to crash every day of the week, with no survivors, to equal the highway deaths per year in this country