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TIL that in 1938, a physicist proposed an exact number for the total number of protons in the observable universe.

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R7okw TIL of Australian serial killer William MacDonald. When he left a victim under his shop and fled to another city police failed to link it to the other murders and assumed the rotting corpse was MacDonald, who was declared dead
aYly TIL that after Thomas Edison ripped off the first film camera from France, he used copyright laws to restrict imports of other cameras to the US. Sometimes he would use hired thugs (the Edison mafia) to violently stop people from using other cameras.
yVQEv TIL that burning fat through food deprivation or just general metabolism causes THC to go back into blood stream for smokers of marijuana.
695AZ TIL that in 1965, astronaut John Young got in trouble for sneaking a corned beef sandwich on the Gemini 3 mission, which posed a risk of crumbs messing with vital space equipment.
XJPQ TIL That Samsung makes the Retina Display for Apple