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TIL Mr. Rogers has a hockey card and is one of the only celebrity captains of a team to receive this honor.

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PY4mL TIL Carl Wieman, recipient of the 2001 Nobel in Physics, delivered a lecture outlining how he created a new state of matter called Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC). Einstein predicted BEC in 1925, and Wieman's techniques to make it in 1995 involved laser cooling and magnetic trapping on atoms
N78g8 TIL that since 2019, 5 different actors have portrayed Bruce Wayne/Batman live action, or 12 if you count voice actors.
oBQLW TIL in 2017, Zac Efron nearly experienced a mental breakdown trying to achieve the 'perfect' body for Baywatch. In 2019, he admitted he never wants to be in that good of shape again, calling it an "unrealistic" ideal for men.
6R1Y TIL In Mozambique, overhead power lines have to be at least 12 m (39 ft) high to permit safe passage of giraffes.
Wkbn9 TIL in 2020, Russia created its own YouTube, which is called Yandex.Aether, so as not to depend on American social platforms and their tolerance policies.