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TIL that thanks to CERN, we now know that every atom in the Universe could be undone in an instant by a simple, unpredictable, unstoppable event: a quantum tunnel causing a phase-shift in the Higgs field.

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rNB84 TIL that the reason we have blue raspberry flavor is because red dye no. 2 (the one traditionally used for raspberry) was considered harmful. The flavor was popularized by ICEE.
wLdoo TIL that young giraffes can moo. Even though adult giraffes do not often make noise audible to human ears, a baby giraffe may "moo," especially if it is in a stressful situation. The sound is very similar to a young calf calling out to its mother.
PYe5O TIL that Helen Keller was a radical socialist, birth control supporter, and helped found the ALCU in 1920.
VMx7Z TIL that 50-60% of drug addiction risk is genetically inherited.
Bwnb TIL that there’s a man who shops at Trader Joe’s in Seattle and buys things in bulk and then transports them up to Vancouver to his own store called “Pirate Joe's” because there are no Trader Joe’s in Canada. He’s gotten banned at some Trader Joe’s and sometimes has to put on disguises to shop.