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TIL Mongolian barbecue is not Mongolian - it was invented by a Taiwanese comedian/restaurateur.

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Vy4D TIL scientists are working on plans to equip the International Space Station with a laser cannon to zap space debris in an effort to clean up the 3,000 tons of discarded satellites and other garbage in orbit
D6LV TIL Cleopatra was a member of the Ptolemaic dynasty, the most incest-friendly royal family in recorded history, and her first two husbands were her younger brothers
xV0Jw TIL that Gerald Ford's presidency caused problems for political cartoonists, as he was considered so nondescript they couldn't work out what to caricature
wx0o TIL that after one of Stalin’s speeches the audience clapped for 11 minutes straight because nobody wanted to be the first to stop. The man that stopped first and ended the applause was later executed.
e0MdE TIL that 79% of bone marrow transplants are basically just more complex blood donations. Only 21% of bone marrow transplants involve sticking a needle into your bones (under anesthesia).