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TIL that the three men who developed penicillin as the first antibiotic were first given knighthoods (Sir) and then won a Nobel Prize and THEN one was even made a baron - a rare honour that even outranks "Sir".

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e0y8E TIL that before trees were common, Earth Was Covered by Giant Mushrooms
6EGEY TIL Captain Planet was the first cartoon to deal with AIDS. The episode featured a villain who brainwashed the community making them think Aids could be passed by casual contact, making the whole town hate a young man infected by HIV- AIDS voiced by Neil Patrick Harris.
l15B TIL we could fit the entire human race in New Zealand if we lived as dense as Manhattan
l7MAN TIL Alexander the great named a city after his horse
b9vO9 TIL that "The Saga Begins," Weird Al Yankovic's parody of the song "American Pie" where he lays out the plot of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, was written almost entirely based on internet spoilers.