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TIL: Compressed air is used as a battery substitute by some utility companies.

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wLXBY An almost sci-fi study published in Physical Review Letters by UC Berkeley postdoctoral fellow Peter Hintz and colleagues could mean that there are black holes out there that would be more like portals than gaping mouths of destruction — if you didn’t mind your entire past being erased and entering into infinite futures.
nW9RY TIL That the one of the only Vice Presidents to resign was Spiro Agnew, who was VP under Richard Nixon, the only President to resign.
0wn0M TIL what the black circles in the microwave window are for! “It’s designed to prevent electromagnetic energy from escaping the microwave and protects you from radiation.” The holes are small enough to protect you, but are still big enough to let you see!
9Rr TIL There is a village in Greece whose residents use a language made up entirely of whistling.
W7gNA TIL the 1991 movie Hook was originally meant to be a musical