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TIL one reason why Greenland is considered the largest island and Australia is a continent not an island (even it fits the definition of an island to be entirely surrounded by water) is because Greenland is a part of the North American plate and Australia has its own separate tectonic plate.

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LQr9m TIL there is a vaginal sound system called the "Babypod" that pregnant women can put inside their vaginas in order for their unborn babies to listen to music and that the volume of it is limited to 54 decibels, which is about the same level as a washing machine.
MYEB TIL that the word ‘plastic’ in 'plastic surgery’ is in no way a reference to the petroleum based engineered material, but actually denotes 'sculpting or reshaping’, from the Greek derived word 'πλαστική’ (plastikē), “the art of modelling” of malleable flesh.
1adEP TIL: about the Replication Crisis; a phrase coined in the early 2010's referring to an ongoing methodological crisis concerning the finding that 70% of published scientific studies are difficult or impossible to replicate or reproduce.
06Dy TIL a man faked mental illness to escape jail, was sent to an asylum and has been trying since to convince doctors he’s sane. He’s been diagnosed a psychopath ‘cause in part, “Faking mental illness to get out of a prison sentence is exactly the kind of manipulative act you’d expect of a psychopath.”
6rLZ TIL that the director of ‘The Hangover’ tried convincing the actors to let him use a live taser, but the Warner Bros. lawyers quickly intervined