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TIL that children exposed to violence and abuse show signs of faster aging

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6EjRX TIL Christopher Columbus' efforts to obtain support for his voyages were hampered not by belief in a flat Earth but by valid worries that the East Indies were farther than he realized. In fact, Columbus grossly underestimated the Earth's circumference and caused he and his crew's near starvation.
wMDY TIL the Coast Guard trained pigeons to assist in finding people lost at sea. They sat in a dome attached to a helicopter, pressing a lever after spotting life preservers or debris. They had a 90% success rate in initial trials.
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woxe1 TIL that Microwaves generate heat, (not as popularly conceived (having a resonant frequency similar to water)), but instead, by matter doing it's best to magnetize itself.