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pNJp TIL a physics professor proved mathematically that vampires could not exist since if they fed once a month and each victim became a vampire, within two and a half years the entire population of the earth would be one.
wooYo TIL of the Goa Inquisition in Portuguese India which enforced Catholic Orthodoxy from 1561 to 1812. Primary targets were Hindus who were forced to convert under imprisonment and starvation. All records were destroyed by the Portuguese in 1812 and exact number of casualties still remain unknown today
e0vMk TIL the Bobtail squid, a nocturnal animal, has a light organ on its underside that contains light emitting bacteria that help the squid camouflage its silhouette that would otherwise be visible to predators swimming below during a moonlit or starlit night.
neZvG TIL the movie "Beethoven's 2nd" was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Song (The Day I Fall in Love; James Ingram, Feat. Dolly Parton). It lost to Streets Of Philadelphia, from "Philadelphia" (Bruce Springsteen).
1aKr TIL that the entire running budget of NASA since it’s inception in 1958 adds up to $526.18 billion. That’s about $173 billion less than the 2008 bank bailout.