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TIL there are radioactive elements called "bone seekers" because they are chemically similar to calcium and the body tries to use them to build bones.

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7rXYp TIL the music genre “shoegaze” got its name from British critics mocking the musicians always looking down at their shoes while playing instead of the audience. In reality, the musicians had to focus on the numerous music effect pedals in their playlist.
Rxk9 TIL there is the machine which consists of twelve pairs of worms and gears. The input gear makes 4 revolutions in a minute and the output gear thus makes 1 revolution in 2.3 trillion years and is embedded in a block of solid concrete. This machine represents time frames astrophysicist deal with.
4kXGa TIL an Airbus helicopter has been landed on the summit of Mt. Everest
j68gE TIL that in 2006, a man named Gregory W. Nemitz legally claimed ownership of asteroid 433 Eros and sent NASA a $20 parking ticket for landing the NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft on "his" property.
GbVE TIL That George Miller raised the money to make Mad Max by working as an ER doctor