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TIL in the 1500’s, it was believed there had to be a continent on the bottom of the Earth to “balance things out.” It turns out that was true, and that continent was Antarctica.

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8aKoL TIL that DOOM was named after a Tom Cruise quote. Programmer John Carmack said in an interview that the game’s title was inspired by a scene in The Color of Money. Cruise’s character pulls out his custom cue case at a pool hall and someone asks ‘What do you have in there?’ Cruise replies... ‘Doom’
JYwwl TIL the original Alfalfa died by getting shot in the groin in an argument about lost dog reward money
Kvo4 TIL Law professor Roger Fisher suggested that nuclear launch codes be implanted in a volunteer’s heart. The president would be required to personally take the life of an innocent person before taking the lives of hundreds of millions.
0NvL TIL that Janissaries would place spoons on their hats in order to symbolize “The Brotherhood of the Spoon”. It was meant to further emphasize that Janissaries would live, eat, and fight together.
n6Yr TIL traditional firearms exist in the Star Wars universe. They are called “slugthrowers” and are preferred weapons of bounty hunters for their unique advantages over blasters