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TIL that Israel has what’s known as the ‘Samson Option’ – A nuclear strike against every nation on Earth if they feel their existence is threatened.

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ANgMl TIL If a person were to start to write out a googolplex at the rate of two zeros per second, it would still take far, far longer than the age of the Universe to do it.
YO1Z TIL Pixar credits its success to its anti-Disney approach: no songs, no happy village, no love story.
PYdgg TIL that swallowing pills without water can make it take longer for them to work, increase the chances of the pill to get stuck in your esophagus and in worse scenarios make an ulcer in your esophagus mucosa.
ajoJ TIL that NERF is an acronym for Non-Expanding Recreational Foam.
xrL0 TIL the original floats in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade were released into the air after the parade because Macy’s didn’t know what to do with them. However they included a ticket that would fall to the ground after they popped. If you found the ticket, you could redeem it for a prize at Macy’s.