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TIL in 2007 Comcast accidentally broadcasted hardcore pornography on Disney Channel instead of “Handy Manny”

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VMowQ TIL of Elizabeth of Russia. She received little education, no one wanted to marry her because her mother was a peasant, & her finacé was murdered. Regardless, when she became Empress of Russia she built the University of Moscow, the Winter Palace, & would pay the dowry of future brides.
rRy8y TIL 15% of the population of Hong Kong (500,000) died in an influenza pandemic in 1968
Oobbg TIL donating a pint of blood is equivalent to donating a chocolate bar calorie-wise, mainly from the regeneration of 2 TRILLION red blood cells in bone marrow at a rate of 2 million/sec.
5VOA9 TIL Orville Wright lived to see jets and the first supersonic flight
Lk4am TIL A theater's air composition varies depending on what kind of scene is playing. A study showed that the strongest collective chemical response was for suspense and comedy sequences. Understanding the change in the air's chemistry in theaters can help us develop cancer detection techniques.