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TIL that when physicists say that light is affected by being observed, it actually just means that light is affected by being interacted with.

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b9wy7 TIL that the Doomsday Clock, a symbolic tool used by scientists to measure how close the world is to a man-made global catastrophe, is currently at “100 seconds to midnight”, the closest it has ever been since its creation in 1947.
oROGr TIL that sloths can take up to a month to digest a single meal because of their incredibly slow metabolism. This slow digestion is due to their low-energy diet of leaves, which requires them to conserve energy by moving and eating slowly.
P1Mpg TIL that according to Harvard researchers, 36.4% of male online daters use anabolic steroids, as opposed to only 3.8% of non-online dating men.
9YvW6 TIL that "Lucy's Law" is set to come into force, effectively banning the sale of puppies and kittens by third parties in the UK to stop puppy farms. Inspired by 'Lucy the Rescue Cavalier' a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel rescued from one such puppy farm-turned doggy activist
On1X TIL that all meat in a Subway’s Cold Cut Combo sandwich (ham, salami and bologna) is actually made from turkey…