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TIL The LIGO gravitational wave detector can detect a change in a 4km beam of less than 1/10,000 the diameter of a proton.

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loN1A TIL that a murderer will spend, on average, 15 years in prison in the U.S. before being released.
nWyad TIL that a single ostrich egg has around 2,000 calories and over 200g of protein
kDNd TIL about hostile architecture, where public spaces are constructed or altered to discourage people from using them in a way not intended by the owner.
EgyxP TIL of Jean-Claude Touche, an up-and-coming French composer in the 1940's. He was fatally wounded at the age of 18 on August 25, 1944, the final day of the Liberation of Paris, while trying to move a wounded person to safety.
RDo4 TIL the name of the ‘USA Patriot Act’ is an acronym; “Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001”