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TIL: That small plastic spheres are floated on top of reservoirs to help stop evaporation during droughts.

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xJog TIL: Ernest Rutherford once said, “All science is either physics or stamp collecting.” He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1908.
d85Jd TIL there have been "targeted interventions" that show increasing metacognition in clients with schizophrenia can lead to more complex self-reflection and be pivotal in the recovery process.
Vk6D TIL The RIAA Tried To Outlaw MP3 Players In 1998.
p8bMG TIL "The Hole in the wall" project put computers inside walls in poor villages/slums in India with no English teachers/guide. In a few months, the 6 to 13 year old children taught themselves English using the computer and told the researchers they needed a faster processor and better mouse.
kOeK5 TIL Hackers broke into Mark Zuckerberg's Twitter account. They say his password was 'dadada'.