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TIL the May 5, 1991 “Calvin and Hobbes” strip criticized the naming of The Big Bang as not evocative of the wonders behind it, and coined “Horrendous Space Kablooie,” an alternative that achieved some informal popularity among scientists and was often shortened to “the HSK.”

kA5E TIL: The moon is egg shaped. We are just viewing one of the small ends straight on so it looks round.
VM16B TIL: In 1971, Nike paid a college student $35 for the "swoosh" logo she designed.
kGa1 TIL scientists accidentally killed world’s oldest animal at age 507
nW8Ed TIL a martini glass is half full when the liquid is 80% the depth of the glass
gX7D TIL that no Pixar movie has ever been a flop or made less than $150 million domestically.