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TIL That beyond the 3 states of matter; solid, liquid and gas, there is a 4th state called plasma which is an aggregate of charged ions. Not only does it occur naturally in lightning and on the surface of the Sun it can also be produced in the laboratory.

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mZ6x TIL that a female psychoanalyst from from 1940s coined the terms “womb-envy” and “vagina envy” in response to the idea of “penis envy” to describe man’s need to dominate women because of jealousy for what they cannot do biologically.
R7yL9 TIL that author Jack Kerouac was briefly a construction worker involved in building The Pentagon. According to his biographer, he would bring a pint of "gin or whiskey" to work every day.
QJXZk TIL that the Tattoo artist of Mike Tyson’s iconic face tattoo sued Warner Bros for copyright infringement & attempted to prevent the release of Hangover 2 all due to the films use of the tattoo.
690WQ TIL that the red panda is the original and only panda as it was described in 1825. Almost 50 years later, upon discovering a similar bamboo eating black and white creature, it was named as the "giant" panda. As the giant panda become popular, the red panda has came to be known as the "lesser" panda.
OkR4 TIL Farmers feed cows expired candy bars and sprinkles as an energy source, and have been doing is for years