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TIL That According to Some Rastafarians, Haile Selassie (The Emperor of Ethiopia) Was The Second Coming of Jesus.

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9mb7 TIL that above 70 Manhattan Project scientists signed a petition(Szilard Petition) to President Truman to beg that the bomb should not be used on a civilian population in Japan.
vOL7 TIL that on this day, ARPANET shifted its networking protocols from NCP to TCP/IP, marking the beginnings of the internet as we know it.
YpR07 TIL Rodents Are Feasting On Newer Cars' Soy-Based Wiring Insulation
rRDdw TIL that the more nearsighted (myopic) you are, the more elongated your eyeball is.
neGab TIL that actress Tilda Swinton comes from an ancient Anglo-Scots family that can trace its lineage to the Middle Ages, & is one of only three British families that can trace their unbroken land ownership and lineage to before the Norman Conquest