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TIL of the Gaia Hypothesis, which states that Earth should be categorised as a single pre-life organism operating on chemical reactions, much like an amoeba.

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8aD8 TIL that once Truman left the presidency, his only income was his old army pension - $112.56 per month. “I could never lend myself to any transaction, however respectable, that would commercialize on the prestige and dignity of the office of the presidency.”
wowXY TIL that Carrie-Anne Moss, who starred as Trinity in The Matrix (1998), also starred years earlier in a TV years called Matrix (1993).
Wa8o TIL a prospector in Oregon found a 16 ton meteorite on his neighbor’s land and dragged it almost a mile to his land to claim it as his own.
nZyG TIL that founder of Amazon Jeff Bezos was one of the first investors in Google, investing $250,000 in 1998
epKP4 TIL that in 1950 a recording project of Kenyan songs from Kipsigis people captured songs about Chemirocha or Jimmy Rodgers the blue yodler and father of country and blues. They thought he was half man half goat.