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  1. Engrave it on a piece of platinum. 2. Bury the platinum in the desert.
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v7XL TIL the parents of Donald Duck are Quackmore Duck and Hortense McDuck, Hortense being the sister of Scrooge McDuck and grandmother of Huey, Dewey, and Louie Duck.
MRBb TIL in 2006, soup kitchens in France associated with a far-right organization were closed down by police because they only served pork. Protesters accused the kitchens of discriminating against Jews and Muslims who can’t eat the meat due to their religion.
grxrA TIL about the Halifax Explosion, which occurred in December 1917 when 2 explosive-laden ships collided in the harbor of Halifax, Nova Scotia. 1,782 people were killed and 9,000 injured. At the time, it was the largest man-made explosion in history.
wL4do TIL Police Academy actor Michael Winslow recorded sound effects for Back to the Future Part III including the sound of Marty's feet during the "moonwalk" sequence
woxQ1 TIL about “Snotbot,” a drone used by scientists to fly through whale exhalation plumes to gather information about whale health and ecology, DNA, stress and pregnancy hormones, microbiomes, etc.