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TIL gold is created by two neutron stars colliding

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0wO55 TIL about EN-roads, a climate simulator which shows how we can end the climate crisis.
Zp4p4 TIL matt damon and ben affleck wrote a gay oral scene in the good will hunting script to see which executives actually read the script, harvey winstein loved the script but hated the scene which lead them to give him the rights
e0x7L TIL Kangaroos are adept swimmers, and often flee into waterways if threatened by a predator. If pursued into the water, a kangaroo may use its forepaws to hold the predator underwater so as to drown it.
x60Mo TIL that in 2003, when the Blaster computer worm was spreading, someone made another worm called Welchia that exploited the same Windows vulnerability. Welchia would delete the Blaster worm and then download Windows updates to close the vulnerability.
P177e TIL about 25% of all animal species are beetles.