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TIL that 2003 was likely “the first time an automatic weapon had been fired in a crime in Britain.”

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pYrJ4 TIL in 1968 as the Apollo 8 crew first approached the moon, they read the 1st ten verses of The Old Testament. The Bible verses are about the creation of light, Earth and the waters. It was the most watched broadcast in history at the time.
6EOe7 TIl that the real life Top Gun flight school became so sick and tired of the constant movie references that they imposed a $5 fine to any staff member that quotes the movie
6E8vw The plant-based Impossible Burger 2.0 was one of the biggest hits of CES 2019, and Impossible is back at CES in 2020 with two new meat substitutes: the new Impossible Pork and Impossible Sausage.
KWdR TIL scientists were able to grow a plant from a seed buried by an Ice Age squirrel 32,000 years ago.
nemZG TIL that Cutter (a division of Bayer) knowingly sold blood tainted with the HIV virus to Taiwan, Malaysia, Argentina, China, and other "less developed countries", effectively infecting thousands of hemophiliacs with HIV.