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TIL That if you were to hold an empty teaspoon just one yard above a Neutron star’s surface and drop it, it would strike the surface at 4.3 million mph.

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Brm7k TIL while shooting the pilot for The Office, Steve Carell did a little toast at lunch. He said, 'You know, guys, this is probably going to be the job that we're known for for the rest of our lives.' This was in 2004, The Office premiered on TV in 2005.
Br6yr TIL a race condition bug in the Therac-25 (a radiation therapy machine) caused some patients to receive radiation doses "that were hundreds of times greater than normal". The bug arose after technicians became 'to efficient' at entering commands causing code to execute in an unintended order.
yRnv TIL of Menachem Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Thousands of visitors would line up each Sunday for a brief word of advice or blessing from him. He would give each person a dollar to give to charity, because of his grandfather’s belief that when two people meet, it should benefit a third".
bj7 TIL that a St. Bernard who served in World War II would take the bus alone to round up his crewmates for duty or curfew.
lopr7 TIL a migratory bird named Onon is taking trips around the world defying odds.