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TIL that the fastest spinning Neutron star known to man, rotates at 716 complete rotations per second.

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KOYXa TIL Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins owns the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA)
oRve8 TIL In 1997 a number of people from Kentucky developed CJD (aka human mad cow disease). It was discovered that all had consumed squirrel brains.
R5KVl TIL about the Hundred Flowers Campaign (1956–57) in China, where the government briefly encouraged open criticism and debate, only to later suppress dissent through arrests and crackdowns.
N5W6 TIL that flags are flown at half mast when someone important dies to allow “the invisible flag of death” to fly at the top of the mast, signifying death’s prescence, power, and prominence
avjo TIL that Philadelphia cream cheese was first created in New York. It was named after Philadelphia because at the time, the city was renowned for its production of similar cheeses. Also, in Mexico, any brand of cream cheese is often referred to as “queso filadelfia.”