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TIL that average colour of the universe is called 'cosmic latte'. It was found in 2002 by surveying over 200k galaxies by astronomers and they created a polls on NPR and BBC to come up with a name for the colour. Some of the unchosen names were: Big Bang Beige, Skyvory, and Primordial Clam Chowder.

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j6XLn TIL that in 1965, a fire broke out in a Titan II ICBM silo, killing 53 workers. In 1980, this same missile exploded while in its new silo, blowing the 740 ton silo door off and ejecting the missle and its 9 megaton nuclear warhead
4XrMJ TIL, although the narrator begins Moby Dick with the famous opening, "Call me Ishmael," he is not stating his actual name. Rather he is briefly representing his back story with that of Ishmael from the book of Genesis, who was the cast-out son of Abraham born to a slave woman named Hagar.
LQQRP TIL Salvador Dali collaborated with Walt Disney on a short animation in the 40s
0w01j TIL that bone marrow donation is much less painful than thought. 79% of bone marrow transplants are now done with basically a more complex version of a blood transfusion. The other 21% is the traditional large needle into your bones, but it's done under anesthesia.
R7Bmj TIL Europeans and (USA and UK) refer to a billion differently. Europe considers it a million millions, whilst the others consider is a thousand millions. Canadians them use either, depending what language they're speaking.