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TIL There are more stars than grains of sand on all the beaches but there are more molecules than that in 10 drops of water

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BvZk TIL - Standing like a Superhero for as little as two minutes changes our testosterone and cortisol levels, increases our appetite for risk, causes us to perform better in job interviews, and generally configures our brains to cope well in stressful situations
7rM97 TIL of Diren Dede, a 17-year-old exchange student from Germany, who entered the garage of Markus Kaarma looking for alcohol, and Kaarma deliberately set alcohol out as bait. Kaarma was sentenced to 70 years in prison for deliberate homicide.
9YLd7 TIL "to stan" is an actual verb found in dictionnaries. "To stan;stanned; stanning; stans" means "to exhibit fandom to an extreme or excessive degree: to be an extremely devoted and enthusiastic fan of someone or something." It comes from the 2000 song "Stan" by Eminem.
rR5ko TIL that Terry Kath killed himself by an accidental gun shot to the head after saying to his roadie, “Don’t worry... look, the clip’s not even in it” then pulling the gun’s trigger while it still had a bullet in the chamber.
JYXOv TIL U-2 Spy planes requires chase cars that can accelerate 0-100mph in a short period of time at both landing and take-off.