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TIL that chicken nuggets were invented by a poultry and food science professor at Cornell University in the ‘60s.

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4k8Rb TIL of the Empress of Ireland. "Although the ship was equipped with watertight compartments and, in the aftermath of the Titanic disaster two years earlier, carried more than enough lifeboats for all onboard, she foundered in only fourteen minutes. Of the 1,477 people on board, 1,012 died".
5V9Qr TIL that Rüppell's griffon vulture has the highest documented altitude of any bird at 36k feet. Unfortunately this information was discovered after a Boeing 747 took the bird into the engine over western Africa.
D1mLp TIL that Pakistan is one of the most underrated tourist attraction and is also said to contain attractions like no other country has. Some tourists said it was the most beautiful place they’d ever seen.
ZWwR TIL Scientists created a clock that won’t lose a second in 13.7 billion years
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