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TIL that humans actually knew the earth was round as early as 2500 years ago. Eratosthenes calculated the circumference of the planet to an astounding accuracy of around 99%.

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xV45b TIL Crosby, Stills and Nash are in the wrong order on the front cover of their first album, causing confusion for generations of fans. By the time they'd decided which order their names should be in, the house in the photo had been demolished and so they couldn't reshoot.
0dPkM TIL Uranium and Plutonium are named after Uranus and Pluto
OovZ6 TIL about the Gotthard Tunnel which had 9 deaths occur during construction, followed by the weirdest opening ceremony ever - satanic symbolism everywhere
D1ErP TIL that the barge 'Akademik Lomonosov' in the Russian Far East is the world's first floating nuclear power station. It is also the world's northernmost nuclear power plant.
p5dG TIL Sir James Barrie, the creator of Peter Pan, gave the copyright of Peter Pan to the Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital of London upon his death. Barrie’s only condition was that the hospital never disclose the income brought in from royalties.