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Til that a vulcanized rubber object, like a truck tire, is literally a single giant molecule

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JYV7k TIL the movie Die Hard was based on a book "Nothing Lasts Forever" where the main character is depicted as a disturbed hero from his Second World War fighter pilot days, and it is hinted that if he never got involved, fewer people might have been killed. At the end, he likely dies from his wounds.
veXL TIL the US Air Force developed a top-secret plan to detonate a nuclear bomb on the moon as a display of military might at the height of the Cold War. The mathematical modelling for the explosion was done by Carl Sagan.
4emw TIL ‘What’s My Age Again?’, which contains the line “nobody likes you when you’re 23,” was written by Mark Hoppus, the only band member who wasn’t 23 at the time.
a8YlL TIL "Spaghettification" is a real word for what happens when things gets too close to a black hole.
rRene TIL that not only is Jupiter the largest planet in our solar system, it was also the first planet to form