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TIL that famous scientist Tycho Brahe, who had a nose made from gold, revered dinner conversation so much that he refused to leave to relive himself, causing his untimely death from a burst bladder.

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5P68 TIL in 1952 due to unsual weather patterns, a large amount of smog from nearby Coal plants collected over London for a series of 4 days, killing an estimated 12,000 people
PYL6G TIL In 1912, the USA was given radio designation letters W, K, N, and A. The letters ‘N’ and ‘A’ were given to military stations, but ‘K’ and ‘W’ were assigned out for commercial use. Stations east of the Mississippi River had to start with ‘W’, and stations west of the Mississippi with 'K'.
Y7L5G TIL some sharks lay spiral shark eggs and others lay 'mermaid purses'. Some sharks are oviparous (lay eggs), some are viviparous (give birth to living young) and other sharks are ovoviviparous (the eggs hatch inside the mother before the young are born alive)
lopB1 TIL The moon's tidal forces are slowing down Earth's rotation over time. 500 million years ago, days on Earth were 21-22 hours long
VBAjp TIL Blade Runner 2049 was not the first sequel to Blade Runner. Prior to this film, a 1998 box office bomb called Soldier was produced with the intention of being the sequel. Props from Blade Runner were used even though Soldier's script had gone unproduced for over 15 years before filming began.