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TIL the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs released 10 billion times as much energy as the nuclear bomb dropped on Hiroshima

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RXBa TIL 20,000 year-old fossilized human footprints were discovered in Australia which indicate the man who made them was running at the speed of a modern Olympic sprinter, barefoot, in sand.
gnl7 TIL that a Pythagorean Cup, also known as a Greedy Cup, is made to spill its contents if too much wine is poured in, encouraging moderation
a8Jxb TIL the etymology of pumpernickel bread basically translates to "devil's fart" referring to an inevitable outcome due to it being hard to digest
e0JbL TIL Sal Mineo found Jill Haworth and Aaron Spelling at a private Beverly Hills nightclub and punched Spelling in the face, yelling, "Do you know how old she is? What are you doing with her at your age?"
Xka8 TIL that when he was thirty years old, Mark Twain wrote an illustrated children’s book called “Advice to Little Girls”. Lost and unknown for generations, it has been rediscovered. It is a charming and irreverent little book.