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TIL due to a lack of access, prisoners turn to libraries to keep up with the outside world

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oRK17 TIL The total mass of human-made materials exceeds all living biomass
7rX9M TIL Space is not cold but has no temperature. A person in space without a spacesuit would not feel cold at first because heat transfer cannot occur as rapidly in space.
D1Qgv TIL It takes thousands of years for light to escape the sun, then 8.3 minutes to reach earth. The sunlight we see is thousands of years old.
PYBRn Today I learned that Count von Count from Sesame Street has hypnotic powers, but only used them in two episodes.
6EXNJ TIL that the irrational feeling of wanting to jump off a high building or to swerve your car into a tree has a name - L'appel du vide (call of the void)