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TIL of a material so black the human eye can’t decipher what it’s seeing.

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nejj9 TIL Japan has the world most punctual railways. Their average delay is 18 seconds.
JYpom TIL 88 Years ago on 1st Mar, 1932 , 20-mon old son of Charles Lindbergh (who flew the first solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927) was kidnapped. Even Al Capone offered his help from prison. In the aftermath of the crime (baby found dead) kidnapping was finally made a federal offense in USA
KOPvQ TIL that while Pope John Paul II considered the word 'popemobile' to be undignified, Pope Francis has made fun of the vehicle, calling it a 'glass sardine can'.
NYQ1 TIL Sean Bean dies 32% of the time per film. Bean is tied with only Bela Lugosi for the most deaths per screen appearance.
yQdZe TIL that you couldn't take a calculus classes when Harvard started because calculus hadn't been formally discovered yet.