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TIL that Wind Turbines have recently been inspired by the bumps on a Humpback Whales flippers. These bumps allow a smaller number of blades and a smaller, more energy-efficient motor to move the same amount of air as a larger turbine.

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a8v6M TIL that president Ronald Reagan had 720 bags of jelly beans delivered to the White House each month and used them as a way to quit smoking
0dgdM TIL Cans of diet coke will float in water, regular coke cans will sink. regular coke has sugar, which makes it more dense than water, so they sink. Diet coke don’t have sugar. Instead, they use artificial sweeteners, which makes it less dense than water, so they float.
85vL TIL Richard Nixon refused to shake hands with anyone from San Francisco because he felt it was “the most faggy goddamned thing you could imagine.”
b9xg4 TIL It is a common misconception that we lose most heat from our heads. If you immerse your head in cold water, it adds around 10% to overall heat loss. This is not excessive given that the head accounts for 7-9% of the body's surface area.
lW6A TIL that on July 11th, 2011, Neptune completed its first full orbit around the sun since its discovery in 1846