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TIL that the discovery of elements 95 and 96 (americium and curium) was first announced by physicist Glenn Seaborg on the children’s radio show Quiz Kids, in response to one of the children asking whether any new elements had been discovered at the Metallurgical Laboratory in Chicago during the war

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4y5J TIL that 11,500+ year old man-made monolithic structures discovered in southeastern Turkey.Structures are dated thousands of years older than Egyptian Pyramids.Discoverer says it requires decent engineering skills to build such structures. (45 min, National Geographic documentary)
LQvrP TIL that Desmostylia, extinct ancestors of manatees, had a unique way of feeding: they vacuumed seagrass from the seafloor by uprooting it entirely with their mouths. This distinctive feeding method likely contributed to their extinction as they competed with other marine herbivores.
J185B TIL the kicker for the Dallas Cowboys, Brandon Aubrey, hadn't kicked a football until 2019. He was a pro soccer player before, was watching a game with his wife when the kicker missed a field goal, she said: "you could do that"
PYy5Z TIL a Guatemalan boy saw soldiers come into his village and murder his parents along with the rest of the village, was adopted and raised in an abusive household by one of the men who massacred the villagers, and later gave testimony that sent the killer to prison with a 6,000 year sentence
VM1Ak TIL Freddie Mercury used a piano as the headboard of his bed and would often play tunes that he had heard in his dreams . This was Bohemian Rhapsody began