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TIL That if an atom was the size of our Solar System, then a neutrino to scale would be the size of a golf ball.

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BrMNW TIL that the original camera negatives of Gone With the Wind, Ben Hur, and other documents and memorabilia, are stored in an underground salt mine, as the constant temperature and relative humidity offers natural protection
GAKQG TIL until the 1950s France served alcohol with children's school lunches
v1OB7 TIL in 1961 Bill Mitchell of GM ordered his team to paint a concept car to match the colors of a dead shark mounted in his office. Many attempts failed, so one night the team kidnapped the fish and painted it instead. Mitchell never found out and was happy with the team's duplication of nature.
yVQM8 TIL in 2021 classified details of the British Army’s Challenger 2 tank were leaked online. A War Thunder player leaked details after a disagreement over the tank's in-game design. However the classified documents weren't considered "valid source material" & no changes were made to the in-game design
kON9E TIL Garth Brooks holds the record for having the most diamond-certified records, having 9 of them - more than Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd put together.