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TIL If we lost all the dead space inside our atoms, the entire human race would fit into the volume of a sugar cube.

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ne9v9 TIL about the U-238 Atomic Energy Lab, marketed to kids as a toy in the 1950's it came with 3 different types of live Uranium Ore and a Geiger Counter. The kit's intention was to allow children to create and watch nuclear and chemical reactions using radioactive material
jNw9M TIL George Lucas approved of Mel Brooks’ Star Wars parody Spaceballs and signed off on a fair use agreement. The only condition was that no Spaceballs merchandise would be made to compete with Star Wars merchandise. This is why there’s never been any Spaceballs figures, cereal, or flamethrower.
QWpX TIL President Lincoln’s son, Robert Lincoln, was saved from a potential train platform injury by Edwin Booth, the brother of John Wilkes Booth.
mxA1P TIL King Auletes of Egypt (Ptolemy XII), paid Caesar 6,000 talents to be named "Friend and Ally of Rome". In 2018 that was roughly equivalent to $8,400,699,422.80 USD.
e0Ebn TIL the film Zootopia/Zootropolis has a different animal for the newscaster in different countries.