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TIL while in high school the physicist Michio Kaku built a 2.3 million volt atom smasher betatronic accelerator in his garage

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Z8NjR TIL The last school that was desegregated was Cleveland High School in Cleveland, Mississippi. This happened in 2016. The order to desegregate this school came from a federal judge, after decades of struggle. This case originally started in 1965 by a fourth-grader
d8bo9 TIL that Bernie Madoff’s wife was allowed to keep $2.5M of stolen money
xYj5 TIL that whenever you move your eyes quickly from one point to another point, there is a disconnect between your eyes and brain, so your perception of time stretches backwards slightly. This is why, when you first look at a clock, it appears to take longer than a second to move
jNx9N TIL During Notorious B.I.G.'s funeral procession through the streets of Brooklyn, someone interrupted the somber atmosphere by playing "Hyponotize" at full volume, which prompted the public to dance and sing along. It was no longer a mourning of his death, but a celebration of his life.
b60Lp TIL: about milk in Germany, which strictly defines cows’ quality of life (description in comments)