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Today I learned about the concept of ‘false vacuum decay’ and how it could essentially destroy the universe without us so much having a hint.

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4kk1b TIL that competitive pillow fighting is something that exists, and that there is an All-Japan Pillow Fighting Championship that has been occurring since 2013
wjX7 TIL the drinking straw was first invented by Sumerians over 5000 years ago to avoid drinking the solid byproducts of fermentation in their beer.
78WGp TIL that reincarnation used to be a core concept in Judaism, and still is in some practices
6ZJl TIL MTV’s “Clone High” cartoon was cancelled when people in India conducted a massive hunger strike after Googling a Maxim article depicting Gandhi, and coming across the cartoon, which featured Gandhi as a character.
4XApJ TIL that in South Korea it is illegal to sell phones with unremovable software that is not critical to system operation or maintenance.