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TIL: the speed of light can be slowed down

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7rWNP Dolphins purposefully get pricked by Pufferfish to get high.
kJVPB TIL that NASA lost a $330m Mars Orbiter in 1999, immediately before mars orbit was achieved, because one of the contracted US companies used imperial units instead of metric.
xex1 TIL the International Space Station usually sees the sun “rise” once every 90 minutes
R5RY6 TIL of The British Doctor's Study of 40,000 doctors was a 50 year long study that was the first to provide evidence of a causal link between smoking and lung cancer.
ADQNo TIL while filming Pirates of the Caribbean in London, Johnny Depp received a letter from a local 9 year old girl, who asked for help with "munity" against her teachers. Depp turned up with no warning at the school in full Jack Sparrow outfit, but advised against munity.