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TiL that Noel Gallagher wrote Oasis's first hit single ("Supersonic") in half an hour during a break in a recording session while the rest of the band got Chinese takeout.

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E1kP7 TIL that even at 0 Kelvin (absolute zero), atoms continue to vibrate due the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, which states that a particle's momentum cannot be precisely determined if its position is known, and vice versa. Basically, because the atom's position is known at 0K, its momentum can't be
GYYe7 TIL that Waco, Texas, had so many gunfights in the late 1800's that it was called >Six Shooter Junction.
dyB9 TIL there is a Major League Baseball pitcher who retired with an ERA of infinity. He never got an out in his one appearance, letting up seven runs.
nD59 TIL of Kim Ung-Yong, a South Korean man who was a guest student at a university at the age of 3, was invited by NASA to conduct research at 8, and earned a PhD in Civil Engineering at 15. He also has the highest IQ ever recorded in history.
4PAX TIL of a woman born with 3 fingers on her right hand. After a tragic accident, she lost her right hand and later developed a phantom limb…with 5 fingers.