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Br7vr TIL: A British man lived in the Alps as a goat for three days and won the Ig Nobel Prize for his efforts.
LAJP TIL that more than four billion years ago Earth was hit by several objects larger than 600 miles that could vaporize the oceans and sterilize the surface yet bacterial life survived deep underground and each time recolonized the planet.
NXny1 TIL about the eclipse of Thales, the first predicted eclipse and the earliest event we are date certain of in 595 BCE
LQK7v TIL 3 Doors Down's breakout song "Kryptonite" - taken from their debut album "The Better Life" (2000) - was written by the late frontman Brad Arnold when he was only 15, during a math class in high school. It was one of the first songs he ever wrote.
kn4d TIL The word ‘tantalize’ comes from the Greek Gods punishing the demigod Tantalus by having him stand beneath a tree laden with fruit which was always out of reach and in a pool of water which receded whenever he stooped to drink.