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TIL of the “Demon Core,” a plutonium sphere that killed scientists on TWO separate occasions

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8evP4 TIL - The chicxulub asteroid that killed the dinosaurs created a magnitude 12 earthquake
boAp TIL There are SEVEN possible habitable planets for the continuation of human life been discovered to date.
9YQpX TIL In their most productive week, the Pixar team animated 3½ minutes of the film Toy Story (1995)
j6LGN TIL that genetic and archaeological evidence suggests cannabis was domesticated 10,000–12,000 years ago in East Asia, making it one of the first plants cultivated by humans.
nWkN9 TIL the artillery officer of France declared "I've got more guns than I need" before the Dien Bien Phu battle, but he soon committed suicide after outgunned by the Vietnamese