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TIL that despite being 99% of the actual mass of an atom, the nucleus is very small. So small that it can be compared to a pea in the middle of a racetrack, or a fly in the middle of a cathedral

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mwQP TIL: In the Norse myth Þrymskviða, Thor and Loki crossdress as wedding brides to retrieve the stolen Mjöllnir. The thieves got suspicious when the “ladies” ate everything in sight.
8evNV TIL star systems are much closer together near the center of the galaxy, with some being only 0.4–0.04 light-years apart
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e0VrD TIL British people tend to be “bi-measurement” the same way some people are bilingual. Both imperial and metric units factor into their lives.