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TIL that the U.S has detonated 1054 nuclear bombs in tests
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TIL cruise ships emissions can equal the equivalent of one million cars per day and air quality on deck can be worse than in the world’s most polluted cities.
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TIL One of the reasons Microsoft chose the “Bliss” wallpaper for XP was because humans are instinctively attracted to open fields since they allow us to see any predators or prey very quickly. Resulting in your brain releasing endorphins as you use the operating system.
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TIL Sailor Moon in Japan had a lesbian couple, Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptume. In the English translation this is censored, stating they are cousins instead. Due to problematic dubbing flirting was left in, leading some viewers to infer their relationship as incestuous.
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TIL About the Great Vowel Shift: A period of time between 1400-1700 AD where modern English pronunciations of words took it's form, which is how far back in time you could travel before you could not longer converse effectively with others.
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TIL that ashes (cremated remains) can be compressed into a diamond. Several, actually. They've created up to 9 diamonds from a single person's remains.