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TIL about the types of map projections. There is this map projection called AuthaGraph and it is the most accurate 2D map projection in existence (which can also be magically folded into a 3D globe!)

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GYNp5 TIL that "sinister" means "left" or "left-handed" in Latin from the word "sinus" meaning "pocket". In Roman togas, the pocket would be on the left side. This grew to left-handed people having unlucky or even evil connotations, which led to the modern English word "sinister".
69BPJ TIL of high school student Michael Eugene Thomas, who in 1989 was choked to death by another kid, for his Air Jordan sneakers.
kOYxB TIL: In 2005 a company named SeaCode wanted to anchor a cruise ship three miles off the coast of Los Angeles, and fill it with up to 600 foreign programmers. The idea was to eliminate visa restrictions, and avoid U.S. labor laws.
9YOm6 TIL that I don't need to buy yeast to make bread, it will spontaneously grow in the kitchen.
7KQP TIL: That 70% of Iran’s science and engineering students are women and that its scientific progress is reported to be the fastest in the world.