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TIL in 1959 a pilot ejected from his jet at 45,000 feet and spent the next 40 minutes being thrusted up and down inside of a thunderstorm.

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X0kRQ TIL about the Decebalus Treasure found by a Roman army in 106 AD during the Second Dacian War. Decebalus, the last king of the Dacians, diverted the Sargetia River (in modern-day Romania) to bury all his wealth. Someone betrayed him, and the Romans found 330,000 lb of gold and 650,000 lb of silver.
M7xMm TIL that a dam project in Tennessee resulted in the seizure of family farmland into high-end real estate, the near extinction of a fish species, a Supreme Court case, and the loss of Native American sites.
xaND TIL during Napoleon Bonaparte’s autopsy, his penis was removed and has since exchanged hands a number of times. It was last inherited by a New Jersey woman who’s father kept it in a suitcase under his bed for 30 years.
VPdB TIL that in South Korea, the number of guests at a wedding is so important that “fake guest” agencies exist
y4OX TIL A single gram of DNA can store almost a zettabyte (one trillion gigabytes) of digital data. And Microsoft is making an investment in DNA data storage.