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TIL you only need 39 digits of pi to calculate the circumference of the observable universe to within a hydrogen atom

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RA7l TIL that in response to a Tennessee State Legislature bill that prohibited schools from alluding to the existence of gays, George Takei offered up his name, suggesting that people could just substitute Takei for ‘gay’. For example, supporting Takei Marriage or using slurs like That’s so Takei.
mx1dE If it’s a particularly contagious virus, it would spread across the planet in a year. “If it starts in New York, it’s going to be in London certainly within a week,” says Ira Longini, a biostatistician at the University of Washington and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle who uses computer models to analyze how viruses globe-trot. “And from there, it will quickly travel to the rest of North America and Europe.” For Longini’s computer forecasts to become reality, though, certain conditions would need to be met.
Z8bkY TIL astronauts typically spend a week in quarantine before any space mission, in order to prevent themselves from giving any possible illnesses to the rest of their crew
y7oX TIL the Empire State Building’s spire was originally designed to be a mooring mast for Zeppelin airships
9Y6WB TIL The company Samsung accounts for 15% of South Korea's entire economy, and that South Koreans often live in Samsung owned apartment buildings, can get treatment from Samsung-owned medical centers, go to Samsung universities, and even end up at a Samsung funeral parlor when they die.