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TIL 💥 GRB 221009A nicknamed BOAT • Brightest Of All Time • was the most powerful event ever recorded by humankind. It was a gamma-ray burst detected on October 9, 2022 ~ 2 billion light-years away and released 10,000 times the energy our sun will produce over its lifetime

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EB8o TIL that in 1953, Swanson overestimated the number of Turkeys it would sell by 26 tons. They decided to cook it, slice it, and sell it individually. This is known as the first ever TV dinner to be sold.
W7GM4 TIL that Astronaut John Young smuggled a corned beef sandwich aboard the Gemini III mission in 1965. He offered it to his crewmate mid-flight, but they had to stash it quickly as floating crumbs threatened to interfere with the spacecraft's instruments.
WkDX8 TIL During the Warsaw Uprising, Hungarian troops stationed nearby (under the command of Nazi officers) used many different methods to help the Polish Resistance, including staging mock "partisan raids" in order to distribute arms and equipment, and even went as far to defect to the Resistance.
DQOJv TIL People sometimes resort to amputating limbs to prevent the spread of infection. Woodworm ants, specifically C. floridanus, have also been observed to do this. They will gnaw off an injured leg of a fellow ant in order to save the other ant's life.
j6G8R TIL children's book author Roald Dahl was an ace fighter pilot during World War 2