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TIL Cylindrical aluminum cans have optimal geometric characteristics from spheres and cuboids for material and packing efficiency respectively.

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d8nvK TIL that, though sunlight takes only 8 minutes to reach from the Sun to our earth, a photon of light can take up to 100,000 years from the core of the Sun to get to the surface !!!
7kRx TIL that the world’s oldest conjoined twins are 63 years old and have been both best friends and enemies throughout their life.
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