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TIL a Russian man by the name of Anatoli Bugorski stuck his head into a particle accelerator and survived

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rKbd TIL The color of a hens earlobes will usually determine the color of the egg shell. Farmers know hens with red or darker colored earlobes are most likely to lay brown eggs and hens with lighter colored or white earlobes will usually lay white eggs.
R5jd9 TIL after Galileo discovered the 4 largest moons of Jupiter, he sought the patronage of the Medici family and proposed naming the moons after their 4 sons. However, the names Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto—based on the names of Zeus’ lovers—were later popularized by the astronomer Simon Marius.
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7rYVb TIL Encyclopedia Britannica’s own market research showed that the typical encyclopedia owner opened his or her volumes less than once a year. They bought them for prestige, not for knowledge.
69mZ8 TIL in 1518, a ‘Dancing Plague’ struck Strasbourg, where hundreds of people danced uncontrollably for days, with some dancing themselves to death.