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TIL that E=mc^2 is not the full Einstein's equation and it only works for objects that aren't moving

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5Vj9 TIL there is nearly a 50:50 split (pun intended) between people that sit to wipe and those that stand to wipe their butts and that most people don’t even know the other way exists!
4jkR TIL of Ishi, a Native American who had been living in the wild and only encountered modern civilisation in 1911. He was the last of his tribe, the Yahi people.
GAnJj TIL that Honey Smacks (then known as Sugar Smacks), during its 1950s debut, had the highest sugar content of any US cereal, at 55% per weight.
LOYV TIL if you start “The Poseidon Adventure” at 23:35:19pm, you’ll experience New Years at the same time as it’s celebrated on the Poseidon
N7gb8 TIL in the early 1900s, Dolly Korschel kept a secret lover in her attic for years, had the lover kill her husband after a fight, continued keeping the lover in her attic, and was charged with murder 8 years later but set free because there was a 7-year statute of limitations on murders at the time.