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TIL that pi can be (roughly) calculated by throwing hot dogs.

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b68da TIL that some bugs look shiny and green not because of pigments, but due to structural coloration—microscopic structures on their exoskeletons reflect light in a way that creates a metallic or iridescent effect.
jb1p TIL that three Stanford “rocket scientist” mechanical engineering PhD students invented a disease-detecting breath analyzer and were approved to test their prototype on human patients – all in under one year, an almost unfathomable feat in the medical device realm
oRMWE TIL that according to every estimate available the average European was much richer than the average Indian and Chinese even before the Industrial revolution had happened
GYDX4 TIL about the Woozle Effect, which occurs when frequent citation of previous publications that lack evidence misleads individuals, groups, and the public into thinking or believing there is evidence, and nonfacts become urban myths and factoids.
69GbQ TIL Homicide is strongly correlated to depression and not to mania