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TIL in 2005 physicists at MIT created a new form of matter, a gas of atoms that shows high-temperature superfluidity.

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mvgx TIL that today, on 1999 July 28th, Tommy Chong was the very first person in America to receive a medical marijuana card, in the state of California.
VMalk TIL In 2020, conservationists captured the first images of Cross River gorillas with multiple babies in Nigeria, proving that the subspecies once feared to be extinct is reproducing. Cross River gorillas are notoriously difficult to capture on camera and no images had captured multiple infants
jdrp TIL the pilot script for “Scrubs” called for a “John McGinley type” for the part of Dr. Cox. John C. McGinley still had to audition five times to get the role.
oBgEW TIL: The Comics Code Authority refused to believe "Wolfman" was a real name until it was given a writing credit. They did, and thanks to Marv Wolfman, this opened the door for all comic book writers to receive credit for their work.
J1BkQ TIL The first bridge to span the Mississippi River was built in 1855 near Minneapolis. The Father Louis Hennepin Suspension Bridge charged a toll. Price for pigs and sheep was 2 cents, humans paid 3 cents, horses cost 15 cents and carriages cost 25 cents.