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TIL A study found that there is a robust relationship between the breadth of foreign travel experiences and generalized trust.

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rRQR4 TIL Quantum computers can solve problems that are impossible or would take a traditional computer an impractical amount of time (a billion years) to solve by qubits which have a third state called “superposition”, in addition to 1 and 0 that allows them to represent a one or a zero at the same time.
VMKLp TIL of "firehawks", birds in Australia that use burning sticks to hunt for food.
wyGE TIL that Sean Connery was considered to portray Kincade, the gamekeeper of Skyfall Lodge, in Skyfall
WkNoA TIL about George McJunkin: Born a slave, became a cowboy after the Civil War, and as an amateur archaeologist discovered one of the oldest sites of ancient human civilization in North America
R7kel TIL that Mileva Maric, Albert Einstein's first wife, was one of the first female physicists in the world. There is evidence she contributed greatly to Einstein's research, including his theory of special relativity. Einstein once said, "She solves for me all my mathematical problems."