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TIL that the quadratic formula was discovered in India by the mathematician Brahmagupta.

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P1New TIL Chinese's attempt to eradicate sparrow in 1958 lead to estimated 15 to 55 million human death the following year
797M TIL Snopes.com has an article explaining that Mr. Ed is actually not a horse but a zebra. The page is completely false. It’s meant to encourage users to use common sense even in the face trusted authority.
18lW TIL, Kim Cattrall, while filming Star Trek IV: The Undiscovered Country, posed for photos on the Enterprise bridge wearing nothing but Vulcan ears. Fearing harm to the franchise, Leonard Nimoy had the photos destroyed.
e0VDk TIL In 1986 a trained analytic philosopher penned an essay on Bullshit. Bullshit attempts to manipulate listener and is indifferent to lies or facts. Bullshit is vague whereas lies are specific and uncoverable.
vW5j TIL of the Australian Rhino Project, that wants to bring a viable population of Rhinos to Australia to protect them from poachers…