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TIL scientists were able to spin a calcium carbonate molecule to 600 million RPM, generating 1 billion Gs of force. Unfortunately, the molecule spun so fast that it disappeared from the experimental chamber and scientist are still trying to find out where it went to this day.

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7k9x TIL that nearly 1 percent of young women in a U.S. study who have become pregnant claim to have done so as virgins, according to a report in the Christmas edition of Britain’s BMJ medical journal
dBWZ TIL the Roman emperor Nero took a liking to a young boy named Sporus, who he had castrated and married because he bore a resemblance to the emperor’s former wife, who Nero had allegedly murdered. After Nero’s death, Sporus took his own life out of humiliation.
p40Z TIL There is an entire line of music called relaxmycat that is specially designed to put cats to sleep/calm them and it actually works! (Link to their youtube channel)
5YoRQ TIL Governments have killed more people than every pandemic and war combined.
p8QPb TIL The Veterans Administration lobotomized over 1900 veterans of World War II