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Til In 1181, Chinese and Japanese astronomers recorded a “guest star” in their night sky. It is one of the earliest descriptions consistent with a supernova

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Z8kBQ TIL the term "does not compute" originated as a catch phrase on the 1964 science fiction sitcom "My Living Doll"
VBM6k TIL one group of former Disney animators created the designs for Tony the Tiger, Snap, Crackle and Pop, The Jolly Green Giant, and the mascot for the Baltimore Orioles
W776B TIL about Abd al-Rahman. A Umayyad prince who narrowly escaped the killing of his family by the Abassid and wandered across Egypt and North Africa in exile for years before reaching Iberia and starting a kingdom that lasted for three centuries there where Muslim, Jews and Christians lived together.
xVkb5 TIL that the first winner of 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?' did not use any lifelines until the final question, when he called his father to tell him that he had won the million dollars
vP5VB TIL In 1976, 2 unarmed US officers were killed by North Korea for pruning a tree in the DMZ. A few days later, the US sent another heavily armed detail to complete the mission, backed this time by artillery, tanks and 27 helicopters while fighter jets and nuclear-armed B-52's circled overhead