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TIL that one of the highest parts of Earth's atmosphere between 500 and 1000km - Thermopause - does have the widest range of temperatures - between absolute zero and 1000'C

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NXeKP TIL of Robert Wardhaugh, a history professor and DnD Dungeon Master who has been running the same game of DnD for 40 years
D1a9Y TIL that food waste is one of the major sources of water consumption world-wide and reducing food waste is one of the most important ways an individual can impact their water-usage footprint.
kJY4m TIL that psilocybin mushrooms may have greatly influenced the evolution of the human brain
N6jE TIL on February 11, 1992, a man who was likely innocent of a crime for which he was about to be put to death uttered these last words: “I’d like to thank my family for loving me and taking care of me. And the rest of the world can kiss my everloving ass, because I’m innocent.”
5AOR TIL that Hawking, in his famous lecture ‘Life In the Universe’, allowed for the thought that intelligence may not be of long-term value in the process of evolution