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TIL the French philosopher Voltaire scoffed at Isaac Newton for thinking men would one day travel at speeds greater than 50mph

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GYONE TIL that castration can cause a 14-19 year increase in lifespan and stop the progression of male pattern baldness.
xVwNk TIL that at his insistence (citing that it would be "blood money"), all royalties from Schindler's List, that would normally have gone to Steven Spielberg instead are given to the Shoah Foundation which records and preserves written and videotaped testimonies from survivors of genocide worldwide.
Y7Kyv TIL Tanya Roberts, who played a bond girl and Donna's mom in That 70's Show, died of a urinary tract infection that advanced to sepsis and multi-organ failure. She noticed the pain while hiking one day and the next day fell out of bed and couldn't get up.
kJaVg TIL that Prime Minister Harold Holt, the Prime Minister who most likely drowned at sea in 1967, is commemorated by the Harold Holt Memorial Swimming Centre in the Melbourne suburb of Glen Iris.
yZY8 TIL Universe may have been created from a collapsing 4d Death Star, instead of a Big Bang. According to this, our 3D universe is merely a membrane floating through a 4D “bulk universe