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TIL that Cornell University researchers have solved the origin of the Tungusta explosion in 1908. Sorry, Aliens guy.

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kJl0e TIL that Michelangelo spent two months hiding in the underground chamber while evading a death sentence ordered by the Pope
N7vkM TIL about the Osborne 1, the first commercially successful portable microcomputer. Released in 1981, it weighed nearly 25 pounds, had to be plugged into the wall and cost $1,795 (or roughly $5,000 in today's dollars).
yQLw TIL that ‘Spirited Away’ is actually about prostitution
OAP4 TIL chili peppers evolved their spiciness to ward off harmful fungi and microbes. Their antimicrobial properties meant chilies were among the first crops to be domesticated in the New World.
kYPB TIL that in 1997, a school shooting was stopped by a Principal retrieving a gun from his car holding the assailant at gunpoint.