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TIL scientists were able to grow a plant from a seed buried by an Ice Age squirrel 32,000 years ago.

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VB9Y0 TIL the speed of light is reducible to 1 Planck length / 1 Planck time. With all the varying measures of distance (feet, meters, miles, kilometers, astronomical units, light years) and all the different measures of time (…seconds, minutes, years, millennia), 1/1 is extremely satisfying!
r790 TIL that the sound of the bald eagle used in movies is in fact a red tailed hawk, as the actual sound of eagles was considered not impressive enough
dDa0r TIL There is a theory that the BSE outbreak which affected millions of cattle in the 80s and 90s may have begun when cattle were fed bonemeal made from infected human remains
d865K TIL that even a gentle human voice is enough to make apex predators such as mountain lions flee in terror
QleM TIL Will Smith turned down the role of Django in Django Unchained because it “wasn’t the lead” .