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Today I Learned about The Science of Copper Manufacturing and How It Goes From an Ore to A Wire.

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B86r TIL: There are three predictors of homicidal behavior. The first is firesetting or pyromania. The second is animal cruelty. And the third one is…..bedwetting!
neYG7 TIL that the word 'companion' comes from the Latin words 'com' (with) + 'pane' (bread), so the origins of companion/companionship are those you share bread with
gG6b TIL Stanford & Harvard grads have built more $1Bn businesses than grads of the 10 next-best universities combined.
pYxBp TIL that during the Battle of Mons in WWI, soldiers reported seeing Angels that allegedly saved the British Army from destruction.
kNy4 TIL in 1962, two American geologists found that a large rock face above a Peruvian town could collapse during an earthquake. The Peruvian government ordered the two to retract their work or face prison. Eight years later, an earthquake collapsed the rock face, killing 20,000 of the town’s residents.