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TIL A Harvard Professor was able to slow light down so much to the point that it “stopped”.

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E1M40 TIL the Mediterranean island country of Malta has been inhabited since around 5900 BCE, and has been ruled by the Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Romans, Greeks, Arabs, Normans, Aragonese, Knights of Malta, French and British, all before becoming independent in 1964.
OOx1 TIL “That awkward moment when…” as a meme dates back at least as far as 1924 (see cartoon title in center of page).
5Y45Q TIL the crystals at the bottom of my wine bottle are not dangerous glass shards, but Tartrates which are safe to consume.
NXLQP TIL the world’s tallest skyscraper designed by a woman is The St. Regis, Chicago. Standing at 1,198 ft tall, the 101-story tower was created by architect Jeanne Gang in 2020. The tower consists of three interconnected towers of different heights but all possess the same unique curvilinear design.
GYgRg TIL pieces of Skylab were scattered around a part of Western Australia after its reentry into Earth. As a joke, the local government then fined NASA $400 for littering. It went unpaid for 30 years until a Californian DJ raised funds to pay the fine.