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TIL that the most viscous liquid on earth is Pitch (or bitumen) and it took 69 years for one drop to fall

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Vv7m TIL: There is a sustainable floating farm on the Hudson River called “The Science Barge.” It operates using solar power and provides fresh produce to restaurants in Yonkers. In addition, it has education programs
J1Lwm TIL whale oil was used in transmissions until its ban in 1972, when less than 1 million transmissions failed each year; without whale oil, yearly transmission failures became more than 8 million by 1975. This led to thousands of transmission shops opening across the USA in the late 1970s and ’80s
4XnNa TIL that in 1953, an Australian Centurion main battle tank survived a nuclear test that was only 500 yards away. Later nicknamed the Atomic Tank, it went on to serve in the Australian military for 23 more years, including 15 months of service in Vietnam.
loJAa TIL that in his famous scene in ‘The Shining’, the crew made a fake door for Jack Nicholson to break through, but had to replace it with a real door as the fake one broke too quickly due to Jack previously being a Fire Marshall.
l7orr TIL a group of 100 artists covertly placed props with coded messages onto the set of the soap opera 'Melrose Place' over the span of 2 years. Props included bedsheets with unrolled condoms titled 'Safety Sheets' and paintings depicting locations related to high-profile deaths/murders.