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ExXo TIL that America founded the Iranian Nuclear program.
Zpm1a TIL that, according to NASA, huge asteroid impacts (around the size of the Chicxulub asteroid, which is the one that killed off the dinosaurs) occur about every 50-100 million years. Chicxulub hit earth 66 million years ago.
0wEkL TIL the Theme from Shaft by Isaac Hayes was the first #1 song in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 to feature a curse word ("damn") in the lyrics
8Zpb TIL of Black soup a standard meal for Spartan warriors made from boiled pigs’ legs, blood, salt & vinegar - after tasting it one commentator remarked “Now I know why the Spartans do not fear death”
QJYZp TIL: SETI scientist received what they thought was a signal from an intelligent civilization that turned out to be coming from the microwave oven in the lunch room