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TIL Alan Cumming is Scottish

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D1MeV TIL future Martian settlements will likely be set up inside Mars' large lava tubes. These tubes are effectively caverns with roofs tens of meters thick and with stable ambient temperature. They would protect human settlers and human technology from the extreme conditions that exist on the surface.
Lk9Dr TIL sound travels at about 1,080 feet per second in a fog bank. Steamboat captains, rounding off to 1,000 feet for safety, would listen for the echo from their steam whistle to tell how far from shore they were in a fog. An echo heard 1 second after whistle means the boat was 500 ft from shore.
WkMe4 TIL Clark Gregg (Agent Coulson) is a real-life Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt and probably the toughest member of the MCU in the real world
BAGD TIL That despite only making up 0.1% of the US prison population, the Aryan Brotherhood are responsible for up to 30% of it’s murders.
Rp46 TIL of Charlotte, a young girl who was experiencing 300 grand mal seizures a week until she was treated with marijuana. That specific strand is now called Charlotte’s Web.