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TIL that John Cho, the actor that plays Harold in Harold and Kumar, Is 40 Years Old

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p81le TIL Collapse of Compassion. Which states if the number of people in need of help increases, the amount of compassion people would feel toward the people decreases.
9Y59D TIL that a NASA intern unknowingly purchased original footage from the Apollo 11 voyage at a government auction in 1976 for $217.77. He found out over 30 years later and sold them for $1.82m at Sotheby’s.
nWKad TIL Humans can create rain by adding silver iodide, potassium iodide, and dry ice to clouds. It's called cloud seeding and it's been around since 1946.
b64Dp TIL that the first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m. It was created in 1787 by Levi Hutchins in Concord, New Hampshire. This device he made only for himself, however, and it only rang at 4 am, in order to wake him for his job.
yVWbJ TIL about a banned French dish that involves consuming a small bird, called an Ortolan Bunting, whole, bones and all. It's been outlawed due to the species almost becoming extinct, and the controversy of preparing the bird. The bird is force-fed millet to fatten it up and then drowned in Armagnac