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TIL Alfred Nobel (creator of dynamite) is thought to have created the prize after an unflattering obituary naming him the “Merchant of Death.”

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bbVN TIL that decommissioned New York City Subway cars are dumped into the ocean to provide homes for sea creatures.
e7o4 TIL that in New York City, for the last half century, the price of a slice of pizza and that of a subway ride have been nearly exactly the same. And a rise in one predicts the other.
Yp9yZ TIL China is banned from the International Space Station partly because of a fear that Chinese taikonauts will hack sensitive NASA equipment if allowed on-board.
epP1b TIL in the 2nd century the Dumnoni lived without money, obtaining the necessities of life by exchange
pYoje TIL the Steve Martin, Rick Moranis comedy, My Blue Heaven, and the Martin Scorsese film Goodfellas both came out in 1990, and were both based on the life mobster Henry Hill. Goodfellas was based on the book Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi, while the screenplay for My Blue Heaven was written by his wife