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TIL: Olivia Newton-John and Ben Elton are third cousins

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rNYAM TIL that the coldest temperature in the universe, as far as scientists can tell, occurred on Earth. In 2003, physicists at MIT reduced the temperature of a cloud of sodium molecules to 810 trillionths of a degree F above absolute zero.
70M TIL that the Ancient Olympic games were competed in the nude and were cancelled due to Christians viewing it as a Pagan festival
m1kJv TIL that Fred Franzia created the low-cost wine brand 'Two Buck Chuck' after purchasing the Charles Shaw name from a bankrupt winery for $27k. When asked why his wine was cheaper than water, he replied, ' They're overcharging for the water. Don't you get it ? '
jN8Yp TIL USA had thousands of horse mounted "mechanized" cavalry in World War II and horses were eventually replaced by Jeeps.
gMZVy TIL that when the host of "Candid Camera" Allen Funt was on a flight that was highjacked, passengers recognized him and thought the it was all just a joke for the show. Despite his insistence that the hijacking was real, no one believed him until the plane landed in Cuba.