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TIL that we’re not just splitting atoms. In Switzerland they’re experimenting with splitting electrons too.

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8eeLX TIL That Zoroastrianism was the official Religion of the first Persian Empire
87ab TIL if you were a member of the Peace Corps, you are disqualified from working for military intelligence.
WkgYA TIL that Buddy's long belch in Elf (2003) is real and was performed Maurice LaMarche, who voiced Kif in Futurama.
5YN5Q TIL Truman Capote wanted Marilyn Monroe to play the film lead role as Holly Golightly in "Breakfast at Tiffany's", but producers instead cast Audrey Hepburn because they feared Monroe would complicate the production. Capote later said the producers "double-crossed me in every way and cast Audrey".
QPoe TIL the Paraguayan War (1864-70) was proportionally the most devastating war in modern history; it left Paraguay with less than 15% of its prewar population and with a 1:4 male to female ratio!