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TIL Kaninhoppning (lit. Bunny Hopping) Is the Rabbit Version of Show Jumping

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awYGy TIL that in 1978, a Soviet scientist named Anatoli Bugorski stuck his head in a particle accelerator that sent a beam of protons traveling at nearly the speed of light straight through his head. He survived with half his face paralysed & deafness in one ear, completing his doctorate shortly after.
VBnB0 TIL crystal skulls aren’t Mesoamerican. So far all the specimens submitted to scientific inquiry are proven to be European in origin.
rRNLd TIL there was a residential building in Greenland called "Blok P" in which 1% of population of the entire country lived
LkyAV TIL that the average lifetime cost of dog ownership ranges from $27k to $42k
Jobk TIL the inventor of the ATM originally envisioned 6-digit PIN codes, but his wife couldn’t remember more than 4 numbers, so that became the minimum and currently most popular length.