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TIL the highest temperature ever set by humans was produced in the Large Hadron Collider in 2012. It was close to 10 trillion degrees farenheit, over 370,000 times the temperature of the sun’s core.

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YJvP TIL that the phrase “rule of thumb” refers to estimating measurements with one’s thumb and has nothing to do with the thickness of a stick for beating one’s wife
jNdOn TIL that the New Zealander singer Wing sent Trey Parker of South Park a letter of thanks as a result of the boost of sales of her records after she was featured in a South Park episode.
YpEGA TIL when Southwest Airlines tried to change their motto to “Just Plane Smart” in the 1990s, they found out a much smaller company was already using it. To settle the issue, the CEOs of each company engaged in an arm wrestling match and the smaller company, Steven’s Aviation, ended up winning.
Jov1 TIL a “Butt” was a medieval unit of measurement for wine, and a butt load of wine was equivalent to 129 gallons.
1nvV TIL each pawn in chess used to have its own name, after one of several commoners’ occupations.