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TIL during the Islamic Golden Age scientists were paid the equivalent of what pro athletes are paid today.

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wxK6 TIL Christoph Waltz received a total of 15 nominations for his roles in Inglourious Basterds and Django Unchained. He won 11 of these, including the Academy Awards, Golden Globes, and the BAFTA Awards for BOTH films.
jNyEQ TIL: When the Krakatoa volcano erupted in 1883, It was so powerful that it ruptured the eardrums of sailors 64 km (40 miles) away on ships in the Sunda Strait
e0AmD Today I Learned that there are more possible orders of a deck of cards than there are atoms on Earth. Because of this, 99.7% of the time you shuffle a deck of cards, that is the first time in history that specific order of cards has happened.
DXbg TIL “thou” was originally the less-formal version of “you”, but since it’s only ever encountered in the Bible nowadays, it sounds more solemn and formal than “you”
m15EE TIL Denisova Cave in Siberia is the one place where we are sure Homo Sapiens, Denisovans & Neanderthals have lived at one time or another. Though we cannot say if they ever lived there together.