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TIL: A Belgian priest named Georges Lemaître was the first to suggest the big bang theory as the origin of creation in the 1920s, when he theorized that the universe began from a single primordial atom.

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W775B TIL that the Capitol was designed to have George Washington's tomb on public display. Both houses passed bills saying he should be buried there, and his wife consented, but due to various delays it took until 1830 for it to be viable. After an attempted theft of his head, the project was cancelled.
ZpJka TIL that Uncle Rico from Napoleon Dynamite is the same guy who played Laszlo in Real Genius.
loJxB TIL: actor Vinnie Jones still holds the record for the quickest yellow card in professional Football history: 3 seconds in to a match.
4kAxR TIL Humans are better at smelling petrichor, the scent of rain-soaked earth, than sharks are at detecting blood in the water.
XEjbj TIL that horses hide pain very well, almost too well, due to their nature as range prey that historically wouldn't show weakness to their predators