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TIL that the ancient Olmecs believed in werejaguars, similar to the werewolf in European cultures.

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yVv4a Today I learned about the Oh-My-God particle: an ultra-high-energy cosmic ray detected on 15 October 1991. As of 2023 it is the highest-energy cosmic ray ever observed and the time of its detection it was traveling at 0.9999999999999999999999951 times the speed of light.
d0oK TIL of the Jack Hills, a range of hills in Mid West Western Australia. They are best known as the source of the oldest material of terrestrial origin found to date: zircons that formed around 4.4 billion years ago
mOGP TIL: Up until 1978, the Mormon Church taught that blacks were once an evil race of Jews who were coloured by God for their wickedness
ABNd TIL of chlorine trifluoride: The Nazi “super weapon” so dangerous the Nazis never used it.
Ew9o TIL that the Royal Navy’s nuclear-armed submarines run on an outdated version of Windows XP called “Windows for Submarines”