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TIL the universe is not "locally real"—the evidence provided by 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics recipients John Clauser, Alain Aspect, & Anton Zeilinger, who showed that objects are not influenced solely by their surroundings ("local") and may also lack definite properties prior to measurement ("real").

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QJM1p TIL that all three Axis Powers, Germany, Japan, and Italy, were each supposed to host the 1936, 1940, and 1944 Winter Olympics respectively. Only Germany got the chance as both Japan and Italy’s Olympic opportunity were canceled due to the Second World War.
vMA8 TIL There is a non-profit organization called “House With A Heart” that takes in and cares for senior dogs, many with special needs, that have been abandoned by their owners. The facility operates as a hospice, seeing to it that older dogs are not consigned to dying in shelters, or worse.
pYadG TIL that, after being struck on a foggy river in 1914, a passenger ship sunk in under 15 minutes, rendering useless the fact that there actually were enough lifeboats. Over a thousand perished.
W766d TIL with the names on the Stanley Cup being engraved by hand, there are roughly 16 spelling mistakes on it. While some of the misspellings have been corrected, others remain.
Y7apG TIL That in the 1930s Germany developed a 40.6cm naval gun called the "Adolfkanon" or "Adolf Gun". It could fire a 600kg (1300lb) projectile a potential 56km (35mi) at a rate of 2 rounds per minute