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TIL that a tablespoon of neutron star material weighs about 6 billion tons.

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GPgJ TIL they detected a particle whizzing about at 0.999 999 999 999 999 999 999 9951 times the speed of light - with energy 20 MILLION times more than the highest energy measured in radiation emitted by an extragalactic object! They call this the “Oh-My-God Particle”.
kOGr4 TIL that autistic people have around 27 billion neurons on average. For the sake of comparison, a non autistic adult has around 16 billion neurons, and a chimpanzee around has 8 billion.
e0J5n TIL Fart spray was originally designed for use in pranks but is now more widely used in combat-zone medical training.
ADDJg In 2011, my partner and I moved to New York. Straight from Austria without knowing what to expect.
oRxwY TIL that prior to WWII, while working as a circus performer, was also working for US Army intelligence, photographing German U-boats in Mexican harbors.