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TIL there is a 1,000,000,000,000 Frames/Second camera that can record light as it moves

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j6exQ TIL Mount Thor in Canada has the world's longest vertical drop. If you fell off it, you would fall for over a kilometer before you hit anything.
YllA TIL: An individual who who hadn’t washed in several years hosted two species of so-called extremophile bacteria, that typically thrive in ice caps and thermal vents, in his/her belly button.
ANo9l TIL there exist tsunami survival pods, capable of saving lives during tsunamis. These buoyant capsules can accommodate from two to sixteen people.
N7jA6 TIL that the success World War II fighter ace Douglas Bader was put down to him having lost his legs in an aerobatics accident before the war, which allowed him to pull higher g-forces in combat turns without blacking out.
R5lL1 TIL that in 1947 Canada raised the price of chocolate bars from 5¢ to 8¢ without much notice. Children protested against this 62.5% increase throughout the country, and approximately 200 stormed the legislature building of British Columbia.