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TIL that the earth core has two massive blobs called “large low-velocity provinces” that are likely remnants of a ancient planet that hit earth billions of years ago

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7rY67 Today I learned that a 13 year old spotted an incorrect prop in the Al Capone museum exhibit because he casually knows the production timeline of antique radios.
GYyL4 TIL That, during the War of the Currents, Thomas Edison became so desperate to convince people that Tesla's current was more harmful than his own, that he began paying young boys 25 cents per stray dog they brought him, so he could publicly electrocute them with Tesla's current to prove his point.
oBgWL TIL 99% of internet data travels along a handful of undersea cables
NDNP TIL: Sioux Indians peacefully surrendered as their land was being stolen, then still were attacked by US forces in the Wounded Knee Massacre
yX8V TIL Anthony Curcio put an ad on Craigslist for 15-20 similarly dressed workers for a fake cleanup project and to meet in a bank parking lot at the time he was to rob an armored truck. Curcio, dressed like the others, worked the grounds, pepper-sprayed the driver, and left with over $400,000.