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TIL that Starfish Prime was the largest man made nuclear explosion in outer space.

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xVRM0 TIL WebCrawler launched in 1994 and is the oldest surviving search engine on the web today. For many years, it operated as a metasearch engine. WebCrawler was the first web search engine to provide full text search.
X0jE8 TIL that in 1876, residents of Bath County, Kentucky, experienced a bizarre phenomenon known as the "Kentucky Meat Shower," where chunks of meat mysteriously fell from the sky, covering a 100-by-50-yard area. Scientists speculated various causes, but the exact reason remains a mystery.
9wdB6 TIL that John Wilkes Booth's brother saved Abraham Lincoln's son from falling in between a train and a platform, which would have killed the latter.
D1DgV TIL about the movie "100 years" written by actor John Malkovitch directed by Robert Rodriguez, a movie due to be released on November 18, 2115. It was created as to match the span it takes for a Louis XIII Cognac to age properly. Pharrell Williams has also released a matching song called "100 years"
PAOg TIL since most maps of the US are non-cylindrical (so flat vs. curved) Maine incorrectly appears to be the Northern most State in the lower 48. Minnesota, actually is the northern most state.