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TIL a student designed the RECYCLING logo & got paid out a whopping $2500.

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5V9jP TIL scientists calculated that a week-long nuclear war involving about 100 nuclear weapons would kill 27 million people directly and 255 million people from starvation, while a week-long war involving 4,400 nuclear weapons would kill 360 million people directly and 5 billion people from starvation.
Emno TIL a woman had a sudden heart attack on a plane, when the stewardess asked if there was a doctor on board, 15 stood up, they were on their way to a cardiology conference.
9YmW7 TIL that George Takei respectfully declined an offer to voice himself in the Simpsons episode Marge vs. the Monorail because he didn't want to ridicule public transportation.
Oowb1 TIL In April 2021, the oldest known bottle of bourbon, Old Ingledew Whiskey, once owned by J.P. Morgan was carbon dated to 1763-1803 and sold at auction for $137,000.
PDbe TIL that Pat Summitt, head coach of the University of Tennessee women’s basketball team, was so successful that the university twice asked her to coach the men’s team.