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TIL that it would take only 4 (large) asteroids to trigger run-away global warming on mars, so you wouldn’t need a space suit.

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4kPN TIL that Will Smith was offered the role of Superman/Clark Kent but declined, saying: “You mess up white peoples’ heroes in Hollywood, you’ll never work in this town again!”
yV7xp TIL The MEE6 bot from Discord is a Rick and Morty reference. I never watched Rick and Morty, so I had no idea.
Wx8 TIL The adviser to Pope Benedict XVI on scandals of pedophile priests was busted for pedophilia.
BrBEW TIL bills of $1k, $5k, $10k, and up to $100k used to be in circulation, a few of which were curtailed by Nixon in '69 to prevent them from being used in money-laundering
KYvxw TIL of Loma Prieta, an earthquake that destroyed the Embarcadero freeway in SF. Despite fears that a traffic apocalypse would be nigh were the highway not rebuilt, the congestion never materialized and remains of the freeway were removed.