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TIL China made a magnet that produces a magnetic field 800k times stronger than Earth's magnetic field.

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ANxYo TIL There was a battle in WWII in which British and Indian troops fought in daily hand-to-hand combat for weeks against the Japanese in an Indian government official's tennis court.
kBlB TIL The human starvation response is unique among all other animals and in that our brains do not require the ingestion of glucose to function. Giving us a prolonged high cognitive function and mobility in the face of starvation.
mxKrx TIL Junius Brutus Booth (father of the assassin) was a raging alcoholic and actor whose manager locked him up before plays to keep him sober. From a room Junius was locked in before one play, he bribed a bellboy to stand outside with brandy to drink it through the door’s keyhole using a small pipe.
v1Ra7 Man flu is apparently real — and the cure is lying on the sofa and watching telly, according to Dr Kyle Sue.
xaQw TIL that in science a theory can never be “upgraded” to a law. They are entirely separate concepts.