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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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9YxYm TIL that in N.A.S.A.'s management training programs, new managers are shown the film Armageddon(1998) and are given the task of trying to spot as many errors as possible. So far, at least one hundred sixty-eight have been found.
nWXlB TIL, a guide to London's prostitutes, including ratings of their looks and what sexual acts they performed was published in the 18th century: Harris's List of Covent Garden Ladies
4eBg TIL When President Andrew Jackson was in school, he organized a dance in which he invited 2 of the town prostitutes in order to make all the proper attendees feel uncomfortable.
9YdD TIL that the raw flour in cookie dough, and not the raw egg, was responsible for an e. coli outbreak that led to 35 people being hospitalized
nW4MY TIL that 60 years ago 20% of East Asian young adults were near-sighted. Today 90% are. Scientists suspect this is due to a decrease in time spent outside during childhood.