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TIL that in Finland, doctoral candidates who receive a PhD also receive a top hat and a sword

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E4mW TIL NASA’s Curiosity rover is powered by a nuclear generator that outputs 110 watts, barely enough to power a ceiling fan.
QArX TIL with appropriate training, you can determine whether a woman has recently had an orgasm from her walk, at better than chance levels
YpxR7 TIL in the Vietnam war, there was a flourishing sex industry for American soldiers. There were an estimated 300,000 sex workers in the country at this time. There were also an estimated 50,000 bastard American-Asian children, who were given the derisive name bui doi (dirt of life).
D18Pg TIL about the Cloud Act that enables Intelligence Offices to obtain any data from all US based social network
l7GYV TIL Viruses called Pandoraviruses and some bacteria, were found frozen in 30,000-year-old permafrost (ground that is continually frozen) in Siberia. In 2016 there was an anthrax outbreak in Siberia that killed one person and many animals. It’s thought that permafrost melting exposed the bacteria.