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TIL that one of the Vatican’s own astronomers, and the curator of of the Vatican’s meteorite collection, dismisses creationism as “…a kind of paganism”.

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0wndL TIL The source of the term "green room" has been lost to history.
mrxy TIL that the largest earthquake to ever be recorded hit Chile in 1960, measuring M9.5. The earthquake lasted for 10 minutes with tsunamis of 8 & 10m. The fault rupture was 800km long, 1/50 of the circumference of the earth.
ne6YG TIL TV series Breaking Bad inspired a series of real life crimes. The crimes include a meth dealer dying their drugs blue, a murderer disposing of a body with sulfuric acid, a 55-year-old drug dealer using the name of "Walter White", and a school teacher with cancer making meth to pay for treatment.
LKMP TIL in 1979 Jimmy Carter installed solar panels on the White House, saying, “In the year 2000 this solar water heater… can either be a curiosity, a museum piece, or can be a part of one of the greatest adventures ever undertaken by the American people.” They are now in a museum in China.
5wK8 TIL that Valve never expected “the cake is a lie” joke to become as popular as it did. They expected a metal hoop that roles past the player during the ending cutscene named “Hoopy the Hoop” would become the most well known joke in Portal. Hoopy even reappears in Portal 2.