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TIL NASA calculated that you only need 40 digits of Pi to calculate the circumference of the observable universe, to the accuracy of 1 hydrogen atom

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PYlLL TIL Africa is being split into two due to the birth of a new ocean. In 2005, an 8 m (26 ft) wide and 60 km (37 miles) long stretch of the earth opened up in just 10 days.
VMbLD TIL The U.S. Print, Paper and Mail Value Chain Account for 7.3 Million Jobs - 4.6% of All Employed Americans! - Midland Paper
8a9MZ TIL The Blue Hole is a 120-metre-deep sinkhole, five miles north of Dahab, Egypt. Its nickname is the “divers’ cemetery”. Divers in Dahab say 200 died in recent years. Many of those who died were attempting to swim under the arch. This challenge is to scuba divers what Kilimanjaro is to hikers.
O6oX TIL of a video game series called Deer Avenger. It is a parody of Deer Hunter, but you play as a deer hunting humans.
PpgJ TIL in 1995, current US House Speaker John Boehner was caught handing out checks from the tobacco lobby on the floor of the House of Representatives just before a vote on cutting tobacco subsidies.