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TIL the US lead a 65 nation protest of the 1980 summer Olympic Games in Moscow because the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979

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7rpdp TIL the outrage that ensued when gold miners cut down the “Mammoth Tree” at California’s (now) Calaveras Big Trees State Park inspired the national park system over 160 years ago.
loVM7 TIL Grant Imahara designed and built a robot for the Late Late show with Craig Fergusen:
V4G4 TIL there is an unaired Mythbusters episode. Groups of mice were used to test if “the box is more nutritious than the cereal”. The mice in one of the groups were eating “pallets of cardboard”. One day they checked and there were no longer 3 mice in that group, but 1 really fat mouse.
8aEYK TIL of a farm in Japan where pigs are given green tea in place of water to help with stress relief, flavor, and potential disease
neVaY TIL the Breaking Bad spin-off Better Call Saul held the record for the highest-rated series premiere in cable history at the time of its airing. It has received critical acclaim, especially for its acting, characters, and cinematography, and some critics have deemed it superior to its predecessor.