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TIL Sir Isaac Newton died a virgin.

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l7kb1 TIL the last audit of the gold at Fort Knox was in 1974, when the US government proved to reporters that the gold hadn’t disappeared.
epR64 TIL Why daily serials/T.V. shows are called daily soaps. My teacher told about this in class. A company named P&G which manufactures soaps started the practice to push soap adverts between daily serials broadcasted on t.v. mainly targeted to READCOMMENT
PXZL TIL in 1983 hundreds of workers broke a world record by building a 3 bdrm home in just 3 hrs. It was later sold to buyers who weren’t told about home’s origin. The home was an instant nightmare: uneven slab, burst pipes, flawed roof, mismatched paint, buckled walls, crooked doors, faulty sewer, etc.
8eNZa TIL that Pablo Picasso said of the first moon landing, as published in the New York Times a day later, "It means nothing to me. I have no opinion about it and I don't care."
vPXJ8 TIL Sudan has more pyramids than Egypt. After being destroyed and looted, the ones left are at risk of disappearing due to shifting desert sands. Theres a multi-billion dollar project to plant a line of trees across the entire African continent to create ground stability and stop the desert spread.