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TIL deers are closer evolutionarily to whales than horses

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W7dMY TIL at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair, the opening night lights were automatically activated when the star Arcturus was detected. This star was chosen since its light takes ~40 years to arrive, so the rays landing on Earth had begun their journey ~1893, the year of Chicago's previous World's Fair
yQjDa TIL That the American Fat Salvage Committee was created to urge housewives to save all the excess fat rendered from cooking and donate it to the army to produce explosives during World War II.
JYynm TIL Vantablack isn't a color but a surface application of nanotubes (Vertically Aligned NanoTube Array) that trap/move photons until they convert to heat - thus creating the "black" color through the absence of light
epDW6 Today I Learned that the moon distances itself from the Earth by about 3,78 cm(1.49 inches) every year.
kJwp7 TIL that King of Jordan, Abdullah II, lent the crew of John Wick: Chapter 4 a chopper to film the sunrise shot in the film.