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TIL that there is a 600 year old 240 paged book called the Voynich Manuscript, thats written language is still completely unknown today

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AYM4 TIL At the height of the TV series “Frasier”’s popularity, Moose (who played Eddie the dog) received more fan mail than any of the human actors.
awR8L TIL There has been no correlation between Punxsutawney Phil's predictions and what the country has seen weather-wise each year. For 120 plus years records have been kept, Phil's six-week prognostications have been correct only around 39 percent of the time
woJEM TIL A Japanese chemist first synthesized methamphetamine from another stimulant in 1893. This type of stimulant was first developed as an alternative to the ephedra plant, a shrub whose extract has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for over 5,000 years
Bg6YL TIL that In 1969, the first message sent over the ARPANET was supposed to be the word "login." However, the system crashed after only two letters were transmitted, sending just "lo."
KO8j4 TIL more people have been to the moon than the deepest part of the ocean: the Mariana Trench. Only three people ever went there: two scientists aboard the Trieste in 1960, and film director James Cameron in 2012