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TIL an Institute in Colorado created a clock so accurate it won’t lose/gain a second in 20 million years. This is the clock used for internet time!

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ZpYro TIL of Operation Frankton wherein British Commandos attempted to kayak into German occupied ports during WWII and place limpet mines on ships
4XYBo TIL Jewish Americans have made a tradition of eating Chinese food during the holiday season since the early 1900s
low1a TIL in 400s BCE, Athens would herd citizens into a town hall assembly with red-stained ropes to get them to participate in the local Democracy. There was a fine if they got any red die on their clothes.
JYo5V TIL about Bertlmann's socks — a physicist so famed for wearing odd socks every day, that they have been turned into a metaphor about how quantum mechanics does (not) work.
lPG5 TIL that Skeptical Inquirer and JREF investigated appearances by “psychic” Sylvia Browne on The Montel Williams Show by looking at what happened to 115 victims of crime discussed on the shows. While Browne claims to be at least 85% correct of her abilities, SI and JREF found her to be 0% correct.