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TIL America could potentially have discovered the Higgs Boson a decade before CERN but funding was cut on the collider resulting in the most expensive hole in the ground in the world.

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oBadK TIL that a population of feral wallabies is on the loose in England. The animals, native to Australia, have been spotted dozens of times in recent years and originally escaped from zoos that were poorly maintained following WWII.
wo8b6 TIL that someone made a font that's just the word "Fuck" for every character
XEr88 TIL that in 2016, Kraft replaced the artificial ingredients in its macaroni and cheese with natural ingredients. Nobody noticed.