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TIL Isaac Asimov described Carl Sagan as “one of only two people he ever met whose intellect surpassed his own.”

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rNbDe TIL despite its legacy, George Michael’s 1990 single “Freedom! ‘90” only peaked at #28 on the UK singles chart. However, the song was a major success on the US Billboard Hot 100 other music charts. In 2023, it was ranked as the 39th greatest pop song of all time by Billboard.
0wZ05 TIL that almost a month after the Titanic sank, a lifeboat from it containing three decomposed bodies was found 200 miles away
PYNV TIL that between 1911 and 1994, tigers killed 16,152 people in India
wodMM TIL many Olympic athletes are either broke or working 9–to-5 jobs outside of their training.
16ROW TIL That 4 months before the Rwandan genocide happened General Roméo Dallaire, commander of the United Nations peacekeeping forces warned the UN that a genocide could happen but they ignored him