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TIL Student debt in America now exceeds $1 Trillion.. that is even greater than the nation’s credit card debt!

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P1nVO TIL you can have a negative magnitude earthquake. Magnitude calcs are based on logarithmic scale so a ten-fold drop in amplitude decreases the magnitude by 1. If an amplitude of 20 mm as measured on seismic signal corresponds to a magnitude 2 earthquake then 1000 times less (0.02 mm) is mag -1.
eJ6E TIL that Penn Jillette from Penn and Teller painted his finger nails red as a joke in response to his mother telling him him to get a manicure because people would be looking at his hands, but always keeps one finger nail painted red in memory of his mother.
KnaB TIL that many human ailments, such as lower back pain, hernias, prolapsed uteruses and our susceptibility to sinus infections result directly from the fact that we now walk upright with a body that was shaped to walk on all fours.
5VrE8 TIL that poached monkeys are sometimes falsely labeled as captive-bred research animals. This is called monkey laundering.
6mOQ TIL frosting is a buttery, thick coating for a cake while icing is a sugary, thin glaze that hardens when dry.