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TIL Elephants are ACTUALLY afraid of mice!

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78n1L TIL about stellar nucleosynthesis, the process by which chemical elements are created by nuclear fusion reactions within stars. The theory can be used to accurately estimate the abundance of elements, why abundance fluctuates, and why some are more common than others.
rRA11 TIL that sound forensics make it possible to reconstruct speech or other sound by watching leaves of a plant, earbud speakers or a potato-chip bag with a camera, even through soundproof windows.
YpRbB TIL that there is a road in Brussels called "Ceci n'est pas une rue" ("This is not a road") in honour of Rene Magritte
1amB7 TIL the motel where MLK was assassinated is now the National Civil Rights Museum.
R8k4 TIL that if you collapse an underwater bubble with a soundwave, light is produced, and no body knows why, this phenomenon is called Sonoluminescence