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TIL That the first ever Millionaire on Who wants to be a Millionaire made it to the million dollar question without using any of his life lines and used the “phone a friend” to call his dad saying he won

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WkrnY TIL physicists say they have found a exotic particle called Tetraquark
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4yQo TIL that MI5 once had a plan to use Gerbils to detect terrorists/spies at airports, as their sense of smell can acutely detect increased adrenalin in people. The project was scrapped when the Gerbils proved unable to tell the difference between terrorists and those afraid of flying.