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Today I learned that there is an Australian High School that has had a a mummified head in their library for over 100 years.

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8aZlK TIL that when a plane was hijacked over Switzerland in 2014, the neighboring countries of Italy and France had to send their own fighter jets to the scene because the incident happened outside of the Swiss Air Force's business hours, and even hijackings weren't important enough to pay for overtime.
9K7X TIL that mathematicians have jokingly proposed a standard unit of measurement for beauty: the “millihelen.” Inspired by Helen of Troy, a millihelen is defined as “the amount of beauty required to launch one ship.”
loNnB TIL that the Boltzmann Brain argument suggests it is more likely for a brain to spontaneously form (complete with false memories) than it is for our universe to have formed in the first place. This leads to the conclusion that statistically, we ourselves are Boltzmann Brains.
Zp8LD TIL Universal Studios wanted John Landis to cast Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi in the lead roles in American Werewolf in London. Landis rejected this and went for unknown actors instead.
ne8jb TIL That the letter sent to NWA by the FBI is now enshrined in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.