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TIL French was the mother tongue of every English king until Henry IV

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KOQdR TIL when Stephen Hawking gave a lecture in Japan, he was asked not to mention the possible re-collapse of the universe for fears it may impact the stock market
BL7r TIL Waldo from the popular “Where’s Waldo?” children’s books consistently appears in predictable locations on each illustration. Taking advantage of this fact, you can find Waldo in under 10 seconds on almost every illustration.
B05L TIL there is a “Zip Bomb” called 42.zip that when downloaded is only 42 Kilobytes, but actually contains 4,500,000 Gigabytes uncompressed. The file crashes computers when Anti-Virus software comes across it during a routine scan and tries to open the entire file, using up all the computer’s memory.
69elX TIL: In 2015, a team of Italian scientists at the University of Trento made spiders produce stronger webs by spraying them with water infused with nanotubes and graphene. These super spider webs were stronger than Kevlar.
X00bj TIL peanut butter can glow in the dark. Due to its phenolic compounds, the protective agents found in plant-based foods, that absorb light in the ultra-violet spectrum and glow in the dark.