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TIL That we breathe through one nostril at a time

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Zp0ZD TIL the highest temperature ever reached is 4 trillion Celsius degrees. Scientists used a giant atom smasher to reach it for a few milliseconds. It was so hot that even protons and neutrons melted. They believe a similar temperature was reached during the milliseconds that followed the Big Bang.
epnmk TIL Electronic Arts was actively developing an open world RPG set in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-Earth back in 2007 called The White Council, in the same vein as Bethesda's Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion. The game was canceled though for unknown reasons after a year or so of development
v15Ej TIL that Fibonacci found the mathematical methods of Indians (Hindus) as the most effective, & all other methods almost erroneous. In his book "Liber Abaci", he refers to the Fibonacci series simply as the "Indian series" and loved Indian Math so much that he called himself an "Indian Mathematician"
4XQAo TIL N.Rothschild had early info that Napoleon lost at Waterloo, and used that info at the London stock exchange: instead of buying, he sold shares en masse, making people think that Napoleon had won and plummeting the stocks. At the last minute he started buying at low prices, thus making a fortune
Wko7B TIL: Magic Johnson retired before the 1991-1992 NBA Season after announcing he was HIV+, but fans voted him into the 1992 All-Star Game anyway, for which he returned and won MVP.