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

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a8v8A TIL Scientists breed goats that produce spider silk
n1nb TIL that some airlines require a pilot and co-pilot to consume different meals from each other, in case one makes you sick
Eg1Qo TIL A local interrupted William the Conqueror's funeral service to complain about the church stealing his land (they did), and when attendants tried to cram William's already fat and now bloated body into the tomb it popped, stinking up the church.
k75g TIL that in 1950 ‘One of the largest human experiments in history’ was conducted on unsuspecting residents of San Francisco by the US military in a germ-warfare simulation and Nuremberg Code violation that utilized the Bay Area’s iconic fog to help spread two kinds of bacteria over the city.
l9PN TIL in 2012 Florida prison guards forced a mentally ill inmate to stand under a scolding-hot shower for more than an hour. His burns were so bad that he eventually died, but because authorities covered it no one has been charged to this day.