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jNE9Q TIL that the earliest recorded use of the word "Fuck" dates back to 1310, when "Roger the Navel-Fucker" (Roger Fuckebythenavele) was banned from Chester County in England for failure to appear in court.
P1ZZe TIL You could fit all the planets of the Solar System between the Earth and the Moon
KY6VQ TIL researchers from the University of Applied Sciences in Switzerland calculated the value of pi to over 62 trillion digits taking over 108 days to complete the calculation.
rR9Po TIL there is such a thing as a 'camoflage passport'. They are fake documents from countries that have changed names, or never existed. The idea is to be as uninteresting as possible.
VvK4 TIL the Denver International Airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall demon horse. “Blue Mustang” (or as locals like to call it, “Blucifer”) is thought to be cursed largely because the sculptor, Luis Jiménez, was killed when a 9000 pound piece of the sculpture fell on him during construction.