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TIL that the Department of Energy will warn future humans 10,000 years from now about the presence of buried nuclear waste in New Mexico with 32 25-foot granite pillars. The pillars will be engraved with pictograms and warnings in many languages, along with buried magnets and radar reflectors.

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b9vNE TIL in 1856 an American clipper was approaching Cape Horn when its captain collapsed, leaving his 19-year-old wife to navigate through one of the world's deadliest sea passages. She commanded for 56 days, faced down a mutiny, and navigated the clipper ship into San Francisco
YjGW TIL that if Helium is cold enough, it will form a “superfluid” where it acts like a liquid with zero viscosity, meaning it will actually try to “climb” out of containers against gravity to escape.
69gkw TIL that the 11th Earl of Warwick was highly feared by his French enemies and nicknamed “The Devil Warwick”, so when he invaded Calais, his opponents ran away rather than fight him.
9wPdp TIL South Korea is the only country on earth with almost zero food waste
vPvx7 TIL in Die Hard Bruce Willis wears 34 different undershirts each with different levels of grime