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TIL There is a beer pipeline in Germany

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vPPe7 TIL that Gravitational Wave detectors are so precise that they could detect a human hair's width worth change in length between the distance of Sun and Proxima Centauri, which is about 4.24 light-years!
7rXQ7 TIL about the Galloway Hoard, the most significant Viking Age treasure hoard ever discovered, which was found in Scotland by a metal detectorist in 2014
X0aMr TIL that t-bone steaks, prime ribs and oxtail as well as some soups and stocks were outlawed in the United Kingom in 1997. This was caused by the Beef Bones Regulations 1997 which were implemented in response to an outbreak of mad cow disease. The regulations were lifted in December 1999.
KOy4Q TIL BBC delayed the release of David Bowie's song Space Oddity due to the Moon Landing
ybAa TIL there is a place called whiskey dick, oregon