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TIL You are more likely to die by a meteor crushing you than you are to win the lottery. Think about that.

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VBg44 TIL about the French astronomer (with the longest name I have ever seen) who twice travelled to India to observe the transit of Venus. He returned to a family that presumed him dead and was fighting over his estate.
myVo TIL People with Bordeline personality disorder are often terrified of being abandoned or left alone. Even something as innocuous as a loved one getting home late from work or going away for the weekend can trigger intense fear.
oBEPr TIL Adolf Hitler was in a relationship with his half-niece, who later ended up killing herself because Hitler forbade her to marry the person she was interested in.
QJvxL TIL South Korea mints coins for various other countries including India, Israel and Argentina
49Y6 TIL the world’s fastest supercomputer (TH-2) requires 24 million Watts of power, but still needs to be about 100,000 times faster to match our 20 Watt brain.