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mxQEM TIL that our ability to taste sour comes from our ability to detect Hydrogen ions in our saliva. Hydrogen ions are Hydrogen atoms lacking their electron leaving just a proton. Thus protons are sour!
JYE9V TiL Any polar bear found in Iceland is to be killed on site
0blL TIL antimatter is the most expensive substance on Earth at $62.5 trillion per gram
ne0Vo TIL if his Foreign Language Film Oscar is counted, Bong Joon Ho is tied as the most awarded person in a single night in Oscar history
gMNaL TIL that in 2012, 10 year old Clara Lazen accidentally invented a new type of molecule called Tetranitratoxycarbon, they found out when she assembled carbon, oxygen and nitrogen atoms in a random way on a model. The teacher passed it on to a friend, and it was new. In the paper, she was credited.