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TIL mosquitoes survive being hit by a raindrop, even though it is 50 times their weight and would be like a bus hitting a human. This is the “highest ever recorded acceleration that animals have survived.”

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Yplv TIL Pluto is as big as russia.
OojPR TIL Chris Sacca invested in Uber
MegX7 TIL about Mark DeFriest, an autistic savant who was sentenced to 4 years in prison for 'stealing' his father's tools. Able to memorise and reproduce keys by looking at them, he's been imprisoned 36 years for multiple escapes.
4XVGX The Heisenberg uncertainty principle is just one specific example of a much more general, relatable, non-quantum phenomenon.
jNEEv TIL some trucks in North Korea are powered by burning charcoal because the price of oil is too high for most citizens.