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TIL the term "butterfly effect" in chaos theory did not have its origin in a Ray Bradbury short story

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97GD TIL despite over 5 million square feet of floor space, the Pentagon in Washington was constructed in such a way that no point in the building is more than a 10 minute walk from any other point in the building.
VMON4 TIL one man who has a very rare blood type helped save the lives of more than 2,000,000 babies by donating blood nearly every week for the past 60 years
nXPG TIL that Dr Evil’s voice/mannerisms were Mike Myers’ impression of boss and SNL executive producer, Lorne Michaels.
01GM TIL that in 2011, archeologists in Italy found the buried remains of a couple who have been holding hands for 1,500 years.
j6wKE TIL The Mongolian army that attacked Baghdad in 1258 (200-800k dead) included Chinese artillery specialists, Persian/Turkic auxiliaries, Franks from Antioch, Armenian/Georgian allies, and Christian Han Chinese generals. They also defeated the Assassins and killed their Grandmaster on the way there.