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TIL scientists have successfully “teleported” particles over 100 km

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b954Q TIL that "daddy long legs" are not spiders. They are called Harvestmen, or Opiliones, and they are more closely related to mites.
N7Ke6 TIL in 2009 a UK and French nuclear ballistic submarines collided with each other as neither of them knew the other sub was nearby. They were submerged and running silent but were moving slowly enough that though the ships were damaged, there were no injuries nor radioactive releases.
8anWK TIL that US president George H.W. Bush narrowly avoided being eaten by Japanese soldiers during World War II in late 1944 when he was 20 years old. It is known as Chichijima incident.
Jn9V TIL Sesame Street on DVD comes with disclaimer “these early Sesame Street episodes are intended for grownups and may not suit the needs of today’s preschool child”
1arNP TIL Indigenous Australians are the most ancient continuous civilisation on Earth, a fact backed by the first extensive study of their DNA, which dates their origins to more than 50,000 years ago. Scientists traced their linage to the DNA of modern populations in Australia and Papua New Guinea.