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TIL the theme song for Futurama is based on the 1967 French electronic song “Psyché Rock.”

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XEjjD TIL Georgia’s state flag is basically just the flag of the Confederate States of America
Y7Gdx TIL that the method of counting how many weeks a woman is pregnant starts from the first day of a woman's last period, not the date of conception, which can differ by up to 5 weeks.
6Ekjl TIL The Backstreet Boys and N'SYNC were created by the same man to be rivals to each other.
Y78Dr TIL Edmund Hillary (first person to summit Mt Everest) was scheduled to serve as a guide for a flight over Antarctica on Air New Zealand Flight 901, but canceled to instead embark on a US speaking tour. Flight 901 ended up crashing into Mt Erebus, killing all onboard.
jNvMM TIL : about Maria Yzabell Angel Palma of The Philippines. In 2016 at 19 yo (grade 10), she developed AirDisc, a COOLing system with no freon gas and consumes ~75% less against the current cooling technology. And she discover this while making an eco friendly OVEN.