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TIL There are actually multiple definitions of 'real'. In 1972, Nobel Prize winning theoretical physicists, John Clauser, Anton Zeilinger and Alain Aspect showed that the 'local realism' view of the universe is likely to be false. Meaning: the world exists only when you're looking at it.

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wLxbW TIL NBA player Ricky Davis received the nickname "Wrong Rim Ricky" in Cleveland. Davis was one rebound short of a triple double, when he deliberately tossed an inbound pass off his own rim & caught it in attempt to receive credit for a rebound, but shots taken at one's own basket do not count
NLjN TIL in the US, White husband/Black wife marriages are 44% LESS likely to end in divorce while Black husband/White wife is 50% MORE likely to end in divorce.
LQlrQ TIL at least five people have invested professional time studying extinct amphibian teeth - and four still have unanswered questions
adeL TIL The German government offered to send 500 tax collectors to Greece to help modernize and enforce tax collection to assist with government debt. So far the Greeks have declined.
vYdj TIL that Paul Bettany, voice of JARVIS - Tony Stark’s artificial assistant, has never seen the “Iron Man” films.