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TIL frozen helium is a solid that behaves like a superfluid

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6Eo0W TIL Concrete absorbs carbon dioxide from the air.
Y78XB TIL that George Rose, winner of 7 Tony Awards, was tortured and murdered by his adopted son and his family, and buried in an unmarked grave.
OYYX TIL that the world’s first Buddhist ruler, Emperor Ashoka, who ruled India form 274-232 BCE, was the first ruler in human history to ban slavery, the death penalty, animal cruelty, and deforestation. He even advocated gender equality in education and religious institutions.
vPRkR TIL the median income of people in the U.S. who describe themselves as full-time authors is just $20,300 when including all book-related activities
ge6y TIL: In the 1930’s, Ben “Bugs” Hardaway, an animator who co-directed several Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts, was asked to draw pictures of rabbits for a new short, while drawing, Ben labeled the papers as “Bug’s Bunny.” The name stuck.