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TIL The Voynich Manuscript is an unsolved codex which is over 500 years old. WW2 codebreakers amongst others, have been unable to solve it. The entire document was posted online in 2020.

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l7jL5 TIL when people are asked to pick a “random number between 1 and 100,” the most common answer is 37
0lOR TIL that when Bill Murray’s character in “Kingpin,” Ernie McCracken, bowls three straight strikes in the final showdown, Murray actually accomplished the feat himself. The crowd’s response is a genuine reaction to the actor’s surprising skill.
AxQl TIL that the phrase “balls to the wall” comes from aviation; ball-shaped handles controlled the throttle and fuel, and putting these handles closer to the wall resulted in the fastest possible speed
69BLY TIL that only 11 states served Coors in 1975, and wasn’t available in all 50 until 1991
PYkWg TIL Nan Madol, “Ghost City of the Pacific”, megalithic basalt stone structures weighing 800,000 tons, standing 25 feet high and 17 feet thick covering 200 acres built on the coral reef 1,000 years ago in Pohnpei, Micronesia.