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TIL Seth MacFarlane served as executive producer of the Neil deGrasse Tyson-hosted series Cosmos. He was instrumental in providing funding for the series, as well as securing studio support for it from other entertainment execs.

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9YWwD TIL of the Yellow Fleet, fifteen ships that were stuck in the Suez Canal for eight years from 1967 to 1975 owing the dispute between Egypt and Israel. In that time, the crews formed a mutual aid association, a yachting club, and a postal service
Z8RA4 TIL from a 2019 article that it was estimated that the world had consumed 1.1-1.5 trillion barrels of oil from the beginning of the industry to 2018.
R7Zb6 TIL that a dispute between Serbia and Kosovo back in 2018 over electricity caused numerous digital clocks across Europe to lose a minute of time.
Wa08 TIL a Russian man named Vasili Arkhipov prevented WWIII after refusing his captain’s orders to launch nuclear torpedoes at US Navy battleships during the Cuban Missile Crisis. 2 out of the 3 officers on board the submarine wanted fire the missile, however a unanimous decision was required.
WaLL TIL that Lightning bolts prefer to take the path that an aircraft or rocket previously took.