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TIL gold on Earth came from colliding neutron stars
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TIL that a micromort is a unit of risk defined as one-in-a-million chance of death. Micromorts can be used to measure riskiness of various day-to-day activities
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TIL "skosh" comes from Japanese sukoshi meaning literally "a little"
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TIL Gaslighting is a form of emotional abuse where the abuser manipulates situations repeatedly to trick the victim into distrusting his or her own memory and perceptions.
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TIL that DC refused to let the TV show "Harley Quinn" air a scene of Batman giving oral to Catwoman because they said "Heroes don't do that"
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TIL Cuban high jumper Javier Sotomayor cleared 6 feet when he was 14. He cleared 7 feet when he was 16, and is the only human in history to jump 8 feet. His best jump of 8 feet 1/4 inch (2.45 m) has been the world record since 1993.