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TIL “Katamari Damacy” translates literally to “clump of souls”

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jaKa TIL that cigarette butts are the most littered item at the world, with an estimated 4.5 trillion littered annually. Each butt can take 5 to 400 years to completely break down.
XmgP TIL a spear becomes a pike when it is long enough that it cannot be wielded with one hand in combat
BrRYe TIL Nanocardboard is made out of an aluminum oxide film with a thickness of tens of nanometers. Its sandwich structure, similar to that of corrugated cardboard, makes it more than 10,000x as stiff as a solid plate of the same mass. Shining a light on a piece of nanocardboard allows it to levitate.
grKbD TIL: In 1987, two Chicago TV stations were hijacked by an unknown person in a Max Headroom mask, interrupting broadcasts with bizarre and still-unsolved pirate transmissions.
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