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TIL - Microwaving a grape cut nearly in half can create plasma and sparks

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78J57 TIL that the Roman Emperor Nero castrated and married a young boy, since he had an appearance to his deceased wife
OwY4 TIL Elephants are compassionate toward the weak and altruistic toward other species
78xXX TIL the Shang Chinese (1600-1050 BCE) engaged in widespread systemic ritual human sacrifice, and Zhou kingdom abetted Shang in providing captive tributes as their vassal state
OGEJg TIL two of the top innovators in US military technology are called Palantir and Anduril
woLoE TIL Christopher Columbus never made it to (what would later become) the United States of America.