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TIL that self-sustaining nuclear chain reactions can occurre and already have occured in nature.

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womvE TIL languages that originate in humid environments are more likely to have a wide range of tones because human vocal folds become more elastic in humid environments
r0g1 TIL The sailing stones that were inexplicably pushing themselves around and leaving trails in the desert have had their movement explained. A perfect combination of weather conditions cause huge yet thin ice sheets to push them around.
6EYWW TIL that Malt-O-Meal (makers of those "off brand" cereals) are owned by Post making them effectively not off brand at all
OYJ7 TIL each feather on a War Bonnet represents a good deed.
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