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TIL that there are crystals that suddenly cannot be recreated, having been replaced globally by more stable forms via global contamination of microscopic seed crystals

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W7wW8 TIL that the first recorded hack occurred in 1903. While Guglielmo Marconi was publicly demonstrating his new "secure" wireless telegraph, rival inventor Nevil Maskelyne managed to broadcast rude poems to the receiver, accusing Marconi of "diddling the public".
e0ojk TIL that when Wayne Rogers left MAS*H, the producers tried to sue him for breach of contract. They discovered that Rogers had never actually signed his contract, having objected to a morals clause, and that he had been a free agent the entire time.
gMkk4 TIL Saturn's rings are estimated to only be 10-100 million years old. Saturn likely did not have rings when the dinosaurs were alive.
b9jm7 TIL that the Tennessee state constitution bans people who participated in duels from holding public office
wowd7 TIL: The reason Onions make you cry is because of a defense mechanism they have evolved against predatory animals which would otherwise eat them