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TIL the Big Bang Theory was originated by a Belgian Catholic priest, Georges Lemaitre.

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6ZZW TIL as eclipses can be mathematically calculated, the eclipse of May 28, 585 BC, which stopped a battle in Greece, was said by Isaac Asimov to be the earliest human event known to the exact date and time.
vPN6R TIL that both Duane Allman and Berry Oakley (both of the Allman Brother’s Band) died in separate Motorcycle crashes one year apart; both 24 years old, both in Macon Georgia, and each incident only three blocks away from from each other
QJBYL TIL that 75% of the world’s diet is produced from just 12 plant and five different animal species
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vPgvx TIL that in June 1885, after a stormy 27-day voyage, the Statue of Liberty arrived in New York in 350 crated pieces. At its October 1886 dedication, traders tossed ticker tape from windows, beginning the New York tradition of the ticker-tape parade.