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TIL Your Mitochondria Contain a Rotary Nano Motor (ATP Synthase) that Spins at Around 7800 RPM

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rnNo TIL that former USSR Lt. Col. Stanislav Petrov prevented a nuclear holocaust and potentially WWIII by going with his “gut feeling” and believing that the USSR’s early-warning satellite signal was faulty when it reported that the US had launched 5 ballistic missiles at them
X0VZj TIL that the first hip-hop single to top the Billboard Hot 100 was Ice Ice Baby by Vanilla Ice in 1990.
l7XQB TIL In 1985, Ronald Reagan welcomed Li Xiannian as the first Chinese head of state to the US. When Reagan met with Li in Beijing, he suggested the Chinese principle of hu jing, hu hui -- mutual respect, mutual benefit
gMawD TIL sniper schools use brain games such as ‘Kim's Game’ where items on a tray are memorized for one minute, covered and recalled to train their situational awareness skills.
MZ4m TIL a Roman legionary trained often by regular marching for 18 miles in 5 hours and then speed marching for 21 miles in 5 hours in a single day, all the while carrying a backpack of 45 pounds and armor of 20 pounds.