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TIL: Point Nemo is the satellite landfill

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e04d5 TIL about Euler's disk, which can spin for an absurdly long time, and seemingly defy gravity by increasing its axial precession as it decreases it's azimuthal rotation.
gr9PD TIL that an ancient phallus (20cm-long, 3cm-wide ) was unearthed in Hohle Fels Cave near Ulm in the Swabian Jura. It is thought to be the earliest "sex toy"
LBxm TIL In the original print of The Hobbit, Gollum offered Bilbo the One Ring as a reward to winning the riddle game. J.R.R. Tolkien revised the scene in later editions of The Hobbit to fit the concept of the ruling ring while writing Lord Of The Rings.
NOAM TIL the Dalai Lama said, “If someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun.”
QJj9a TIL Priyanka Chopra has a world record for most different characterss played by an actress in a single movie, with 12