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TIL NASA calculated that you only need 40 digits of Pi to calculate the circumference of the observable universe, to the accuracy of 1 hydrogen atom(www.jpl.nasa.gov)

posted 1 year ago

ripcord@kbin.social

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TIL ancient Egyptians didn't use Hieroglyphics as an everyday writing system. They reserved this for special functions. The Egyptians used two script-like writing systems called Hieratic and Demotic. (en.wikipedia.org)

posted 1 year ago

ripcord@kbin.social

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TIL “Pull Yourself Up By Your Bootstraps” was originally meant sarcastically, or to suggest an impossible accomplishment, because it is impossible for someone to pull themselves up by their bootstraps(media.kbin.social)

posted 10 months ago

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TIL that the US considered dropping an atomic bomb on Kyoto. However, Secretary of War Henry Stimson had vacationed there and admired the city. So, he convinced President Truman to choose another targ(media.kbin.social)

posted 10 months ago

minnieo@kbin.social

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TIL There have been multiple instances of people stealing entire Bridges(www.theguardian.com)

posted 11 months ago

CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works

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TIL Malignant Hyperthermia is a deadly reaction to general anesthesia. Most don't know they have the condition until it's too late. It's the reason anesthesiologists always ask you if anyone in the fa(medlineplus.gov)

posted 10 months ago

minnieo@kbin.social

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TIL Ben Shapiro is Mara Wilson's cousin(media.kbin.social)

posted 6 months ago

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Parkinson's disease: Can caffeine help lower risk?(www.medicalnewstoday.com)

posted 11 months ago

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TIL There aren't actually as many rats in New York City as everyone thought. But there's still a lot.(en.wikipedia.org)

posted 7 months ago

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TIL "A Nightmare On Elm Street" was inspired by a real-life string of unexplained nocturnal deaths among Laotian refugees in the 1970s and 1980s(www.mentalfloss.com)

posted 8 months ago

EmptyRadar@kbin.social

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TIL "Big-Headed Ants" have completely altered parts of the savannah ecosystem less than 20 years(www.npr.org)

posted 7 months ago

EmptyRadar@kbin.social

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Why are flies so fast?(www.infoterkiniviral.com)

posted 4 months ago

watyuhhgg@kbin.social

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Supercomputer simulation predicts when humans will be extinct(www.infoterkiniviral.com)

posted 4 months ago

watyuhhgg@kbin.social

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3 Stupidest Wars In History, From Noble Causes to Absurd Triggers(www.infoterkiniviral.com)

posted 6 months ago

watyuhhgg@kbin.social

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posted 11 months ago

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posted 11 months ago

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posted 11 months ago

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TIL NASA calculated that you only need 40 digits of Pi to calculate the circumference of the observable universe, to the accuracy of 1 hydrogen atom(archive.ph)

posted 1 year ago

ripcord@kbin.social

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TIL - Miss Yvonne, the most beautiful woman in puppetland is...(peewee.fandom.com)

posted 1 year ago

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posted 6 months ago

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