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TIL that microwaves are non-carcinogenic because they are on the non-ionizing side of the electromagnetic spectrum.

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opmL TIL the largest known black hole has a diameter of 1 trillion km, more than 190 times the distance from the Sun to Pluto.
Yg0W TIL an autistic seven year old’s first word was “Fonzi” when Henry Winkler tried to sit in a theater seat in front of her. The girl’s mother fainted from the shock.
GAVGG TIL in 1990, Sam Wyche who was the coach of the Cincinnati Bengals barred a female reporter from the locker room saying he didn't want her to see his players naked. He was fined $27,000, which at the time was the largest fine ever given to an NFL coach.
E5y7 TIL The man who invented aikido was a samurai who became a pacifist & refused to fight for Japanese imperialism. He then became a hermit, lived on a mountain sitting under a tree.
ObPX TIL that chickens are now about 3 times more efficient at turning feed into breast meat than their counterparts in the 1950s. As a result, they are massively bigger than they were decades ago.