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TIL while in high school the physicist Michio Kaku built a 2.3 million volt atom smasher betatronic accelerator in his garage

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b60y4 Til the AD 17 Lydia earthquake caused the destruction of at least twelve cities in the region of Asia Minor (Turkey). Roman Emperor Tiberius agreed to waive all taxes due from the cities hit by the earthquake and sent aid to help restore them.
EEnd TIL scientists think there is a link between our improved sanitary habits and the increase in allergies and auto-immune disorders because our immune systems are looking for something to fight.
8er7G TIL sharks existed before trees
KY9DG TIL the residents in the city of Hamburg, Germany are referred to as, “Hamburgers.”
OoEw7 TIL: Alice Guy-Blanché, the first female film director, also directed the 1912 film "A Fool and All His Money," largely recognized as the first movie with an all African American cast