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TIL that theoretically the smallest object in the universe is called a Preon. Inside of an atom is the nucleus, inside that are 3 quarks. And inside a quark is theorized to be something called Preons. They are so small that as of now, they haven't even been physically observed.

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XEMK6 TIL in WWI, the Germans disguised one of their ships as the British ship, the RMS Carmania and sent the disguised ship to ambush the British ones. Unluckily, the first ship it encountered was the real RMS Carmania, which promptly sank them
rlyx TIL a tree, believed to be at least 3000 years old was cut down in 1964 by a grad student. The reason why is still in dispute. The tree was later proven to be at least 4864 years old and likely more than 5000. It was more than 1000 years old when the Great Pyramid of Giza was built.
dwV9 TIL that hacker Adrian Lamo was asked to demonstrate his abilities for an NBC news segment. He then proceeded to gain access to NBC’s internal network. NBC canceled the segment.
1abJ8 TIL in a large study of over 680,000 people, it was found women are more empathetic and men more analytical on average.
KYv0J TIL "Aunt Jemima" was a woman named Nancy Green, an American slave who was one of the first African-American models hired to promote a corporate trademark becoming the advertising world's first living trademark