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TIL in 2023 a Gibbon in a zoo in Japan got pregnant through a glory hole

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166p4 TIL Twitter's logo is named "Larry" in honor of NBA legend Larry Bird
mxewO TIL that the US accidentally created an artificial radiation belt around the earth in 1962, by detonating an hydrogen bomb in the upper atmosphere. It resulted in the destruction or damaging of 30% of the satellites in lower earth orbit, and knocked out electric devices 1 300 km away from the blast
Q96E TIL A nursing home shut down and staff went home even though there was more than a dozen patients STILL THERE. Cook and Janitor stayed and cared for them for two days!!
xZy0 TIL that in 2012, 400 Spanish soccer fans wanted to see their club play in the Europa League final held in Bucharest, Romania. By mistake, they chartered a plane to Budapest, Hungary.
0wrey TIL damage to your frontal lobe can lead to a condition called Witzelsucht: the urge to make puns and jokes at inappropriate times.