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TIL that there are photosynthesizing animals - and they are already dying out :(

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mx74p TIL of Littlewood’s Law of Miracles, which defines a miracle as a hugely-improbable, 1-in-a-million event. Assuming there are roughly eight hours per day where humans are alert, and we experience an “event” once per second, on average we should expect to experience a miracle about once per month.
7aZp TIL The colder your beer, the less you can taste it. The main reason Coors wants theirs to be ‘ice cold’.
4XXE6 TIL that in 1980, Ronald Graham offered a prize of $100 for anyone who could solve his "Boolean Pythagorean Triples Problem." Last year, three computer scientists solved the puzzle, using a supercomputer over the course of 2 days, and came out with a proof that takes up 200TB of storage space.
KYwZG TIL coconuts were "relatively common" in medieval England. In one instance from 1259, the Master of Sherborn Hospital willed a coconut cup to his niece.
4XRa6 TIL that "A Quiet Place" was edited on mute for over a month, and the first two cuts of the film were done with absolutely no sound.