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TIL of the Oh-My-God particle, recorded in 1991 over Utah traveling 99.99999999999999999999951% the speed of light -The tiny particle had the kinetic energy of a 58 mph baseball (or 100 quintillion times the photon energy of visible light)

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VMLXp TIL The dog who played Wishbone on the hit 1990s kids show of the same name was called "Soccer" and he was a veteran TV commercial star before appearing on the series. He lived from 1988-2001 and is buried on the Texas ranch where the show was filmed.
RAd7 TIL that it was a physician named John Snow who deduced that the cause of spread of Cholera in London in mid-nineteenth century, was contaminated water. His evidence included the 70 workers in the local brewery who only drank beer and all survived.
XEZbX TIL learned Dr. Samuel A. Cartwright invented the condition "drapetomania" (the urge to run away from captivity). He practised in the United States in the 1850's, and couldn't understand African slaves' desire to flee the 'paradise' of captivity. So he made up a term for it.
grOpD TIL that an unknown 19th century Japanese artist painted a parody of the sacred scene of the Buddha's death that is commonly called the "Penis Paranirvana", in which the dying Buddha is replaced by a giant anthropomorphic penis being mourned by women and other penises.
OokaX TIL vintners sold concentrated bricks of wine during prohibition with the explicit warning not to leave the juice from them in a bucket in the cool cupboard for 21 days, or it would turn into wine.