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TIL that the Big Bang Theory was first proposed by a Catholic priest

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rNEjM TIL that in 1953 "Atomic Annie" a nuclear-capable artillery piece, shot the first and only nuclear artillery shell from a cannon.
PdLO TIL that there is an entire industry to help students cheat to get their degrees by having papers written by unemployed professors. If my students are using it, they don’t get caught for plagiarism because the papers are new. The company blames “the academic system” for being corruptable.
6EGMW TIL that individuals diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease may lose the ability to smell peanut butter. The “Peanut Butter Test” may offer an early indication of the disease.
DQXxP TIL that before the rise of the Nazis in Germany, the Swastika was a common symbol associated with good health and wellbeing, appearing on RAF planes, fruit packaging and even Coca-Cola merchandise.
7R8X TIL Bill Murray hired an assistant who ‘was profoundly deaf and spoke only in sign language’ to make communication as difficult as possible between him, the director and the studio during the filming of 'Groundhog Day’