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TIL Wisconsin uses cheese brine as a melting agent on their roads!

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b6ewN TIL that, 1.7 billion years ago, there was a naturally occurring nuclear reactor that produced power for hundreds of thousands of years.
b9jra TIL the epic historical film, Quo Vadis (1951), grossed $21 million at the box office in 1951, which is $210,000,000 today. It used 32,000 costumes and over 30,000 extras appeared. Its success is credited with saving "MGM" from bankruptcy. It was filmed at Benito Mussolini's film studio in Rome.
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W77V9 TIL about the “true history”. A short satirical novel written in the 100s by Lucian of samosata that has been stated by some to be the oldest Sci-fi novel in history. It features Lucian travelling to the moon, getting embroiled in a war between the moon and sun and meeting the heroes of the illiad.
pNlN TIL that the Nigerian Prince scam is actually older than the internet (200 years old).