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TIL that the Manhattan projects main security was run by Dorothy Mckibbin

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kObXW TIL that Armenian cucumber is not actually a cucumber. It's also known as "snake melon" in English, and is a muskmelon like cantaloupe. It's called "qithaa'" in Classical Arabic (mentioned in the Qu'ran re:the Promised Land), "Arab/Palestinian cucumber" in Hebrew, and "fakoos" in both languages.
XEKPP TIL that In 1977, the power went out in New York City for about 25 hours, resulting in more than 1,000 fires being set and over 1,500 stores being looted
VMe00 TIL that the UC Santa Barbara Library has thousands of late 19th/early 20th Century wax cylinder records, with many available to listen online
kOZK7 TIL there are approximately 600 million cats worldwide.
5Yod8 TIL that the Universe expands by about 68 kilometers per second, or about 150.000 miles per hour.