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TIL the world’s deepest hole is only 7.6 miles deep. Rock density prevents us from digging any further. We know more about the surface of other planets than we do about Earth’s core.

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6E94X TIL that in the 1800’s doctors used “hydrotherapy” as a way of sedating patients in mental asylums that continued into the 20th century. One method of the treatment was the sprays, the patient stood in a shower stall, sometimes strapped in, while an attendant hoses them down with hot or cold water.
a74J TIL that if a Lion fights a Tiger, experts believe “the tiger will always win.”
n9DP TIL when Einstein was told of the publication of a book entitled, ‘100 Authors Against Einstein’, he replied: “Why one hundred? If I were wrong, one would have been enough.”
QM4a TIL that there is a town in Wyoming which used to be an airport. The former runways and taxiways now serve as the town’s streets. (A picture and a Google Maps link in comments.)
NJXP TIL of a quarantined leper colony in Hawaii that, when the patients were cured, was made into an independent county where the patients could stay as residents. To this day no one under the age of 16 is allowed in, and the only visits allowed are officially sanctioned tours.