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TIL scientists developed a kind of "inverted sieve", which holds back smaller particles, while letting bigger particles through.

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n9k9 TIL Google intends to scan all known existing 130 million books, totaling 4 billion digital pages and 2 trillion words and plans to have it finished by the end of the decade.
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9mp6 TIL that Rasputin’s causes of death are mostly myths: He didn’t drown and wasn’t poisoned, either.