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TIL Clint Eastwood is a lifelong jazz enthusiast, pianist, and scored several films, including Million Dollar Baby

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epZEk TIL Earth's magnetic field was approximately twice as strong in Roman times as it is now
KlZE TIL A Canadian genius that specialized in ballistics was designing a super cannon to cheaply shoot objects into orbit. Canada and the United States cancelled the joint project. While devastated that his dream would never be seen, he was approached by another financial backer: Saddam Hussein.
Rog7 TIL that the popular concept of “Humans only use 10% of their brain” is a myth and that there’s nothing to suggest that we don’t use 100% of our brains
x6NL7 TIL about Earthquake Lights, phenomenon where before, during, or after exceptionally powerful earthquakes, lights can appear in the sky
5YEn TIL that there are only 22 people still alive who were born in the 1800s. All but 3 live in the United States or Japan.