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TIL that millennials add a barely perceptible pause that is present at the start of some recorded videos, called the Millennial Pause, prevailing theory is that Zoomers can trust their device to start recoding immediately whereas Millennials cannot

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N7ROP TIL that 50 yrs ago today, the US conducted its largest underground nuclear test. A W71 warhead was detonated in a 7-ft-wide, 5,873-ft-deep shaft beneath Amchitka Island, Alaska. The yield was about 5 Megatons. The explosion raised the ground 25 ft, later collapsing into a 1-mile-wide, 60-ft crater.
yQRBw TIL, in 1839, Charles Goodyear accidentally created Vulcanized Rubber when he dropped some rubber on a hot stove with sulfur, hardening it, making it much more durable.
w6y7 TIL Maleo lay their eggs underground near active volcanoes. Some say it’s a demon bird that escaped the fiery pits of hell itself.It even has a horn on its head and its chicks can fly the second they hatch from their eggs.
jNR4X TIL that Ed Sheeran never sells front row seats in order to see the real fans right in front of him. He gives them away to random fans outside so the front row isn't always just wealthy people.
N7gDe TIL Adélie penguins have been observed to engage in necrophilia, as young males often cannot tell the difference between compliant and dead females. This was first observed in 1912 but was deemed too shocking, and so was only rediscovered in 2012.