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TIL: Your fingernail grows about 1 nanometer per second, so in a few seconds, it grows roughly the length of the smallest features in modern 3nm CPUs.

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m1lAY TIL about longest tennis match in history, Isner beat Mahut 70-68, in Wimbledon 2010; it lasted 46h34m spanned over 3 days (match was suspended twice due to fading light); this can't happen again due to new tiebreaker rule introduced in 2019
a5lM TIL that the same Russian man that created the instrument called the theremin, also created a listening device in 1945 that hung embedded inside a wooden plaque in the US embassy for seven years. It was called “The Thing”
JEnv TIL actress Mercedes McCambridge who dubbed the voice of the demon in The Exorcist swallowed raw eggs, chain smoked and drank whiskey to make her voice harsh. She was bound to a chair during recordings and requested no credit for the film.
Y48r TIL that during WWII, other candy manufacturers donated their sugar rations to keep Life Savers in production so that the little candies could be shared with Armed Forces as a “tasty reminder of life at home”.
vPBVr TIL in 2018 multiple Virginia towns banned trick or treating for anyone over the age of 12. For example, according to the Chesapeake, Virginia city code in 2018, violators could face a fine and up to 6 months in jail.