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TIL that Friedrich Nietzsche is the originator of the phrase "what doesn't kill me makes me stronger"

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R8ZQ TIL if Earth were the size of a Whopper (malt ball), the largest known star would have a diameter of about 35 miles in relative size
kO1GE TIL Lady Godiva, a medieval noblewoman made a deal with her husband to ride through town on horse, naked, in exchange for lower public taxes. She did, but told everyone to look away. One man … Tom … took a peek and was then struck blind. This is the origin of the term “Peeping Tom”
v1vxL TIL happy cows actually do produce better milk. Higher levels of serotonin (a chemical associated with feelings of happiness), led to improved blood calcium in cows, reducing chance of disease and improving nutritional quality of the milk.
xVx4w TIL that Pixar's Cars lost the 2006 Best Animated Feature Oscar to Happy Feet, which used motion capture technology. Their next film, Ratatouille, has a stamp in the credits saying "100% Genuine Animation! No motion capture or any other performance shortcuts were used in the production of this film"
WNxX TIL that on August 7th 1994 in Oakville Washington, mysterious gelatinous blobs began falling from the sky that induced illness in a number of people. The blobs were analyzed by scientists and found to contain human white blood cells with no nuclei. The source of the blobs was never uncovered