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TIL players of an online video game called Foldit decoded the crystal structure of an AIDS structure using the video game puzzle that had baffled scientists for over 15 years.

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ymgM TIL Pink Floyd’s “The Dark Side of the Moon” has spent a total 923 weeks (17 years, 9 months) on the Billboard 200 chart, including a 741 week (14 years, 3 months) stint after being released. The second longest total time on the chart is 490 weeks.
xVLl0 TIL Japan's high schools often have strict standards of conformity regarding hair color. Half of Tokyo's schools require students whose hair is not naturally black to provide baby pictures as proof; in 2017 a Japanese student sued her school after being forced to darken her hair with dye.
mxAaP TIL that the SR-71 Blackbird was so fast that, if a missile was fired at it, the pilot would simply accelerate and outrun the missile.
Yvrv TIL that in some countries like Germany or Austria escaping from jail or prison is not punishable if you do not break any other laws because it is human nature to want to escape.
j674p TIL some regions in United States have been painting their porch ceilings a specific shade of blue, believing it wards off evil spirits, haints, and ghosts. So much so, that all major paint companies sell this color. (e.g. SW9063 "Porch Ceiling")