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TIL that the "D" in "D-Day" (Normandy) stands for "Day"

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grjlb TIL that there are 900 'Star Trek' episodes and 13 films as of March 2024. The 668 hours of content (almost 28 days) make the franchise the longest single on-screen narrative experience in history.
R7jdw TIL coins like pennies actually have no odor. Metals such as iron & copper catalyze a chemical reaction in skin oils which produces the source of the "metal smell", a compound called 1-octen-3-one, and every person's smell is slightly different.
56lR TIL Isaac Newton invented calculus as fast as a college freshman class learns it
N7WEE TIL that at the universities of Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin, Bachelors of Arts degree holders are promoted to Master of Arts after six or seven years with no further study or examination required
geD8 TIL In Japan, death by overwork is so common that they have a word for it, “Karoshi”. Some examples of karoshi are: working 110 hours a week, working 3000 hours a year with no days off in 15 years, working 4320 hours a year, and working 34 hour shifts five times a month.