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TIL the average color of all light in the universe is a shade of beige called Cosmic Latte

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E19WV TIL Russian scientist Anatoli Bugorski was working on the Synchrotron U-70, the largest Soviet particle accelerator in 1978. A proton beam measuring about 200,000 rads entered his skull, and 300,000 rads when it exited. Due to nerve destruction, the left half of his face was frozen and doesn’t age.
MaLK TIL that the Oregon legislature ochestrated a bipartisan Rickroll in their statehouse by inserting lyric snippets into their floor speeches and stitching them together, and released the video on YouTube on April Fools Day.
nWJBP TIL Edward Neumeier turned down a promotion to Vice-President at Universal Pictures so he could finish the RoboCop screenplay with Michael Miner
5YJeR TIL that monkeys with smaller testicles scream louder to compensate
ne7LW TIL at least 15 species and genera have been named in Sir David Attenborough's honour. In 2018, a new species of phytoplankton was named after the Blue Planet documentary, which Attenborough narrated.