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TIL: If the human eye could view all wavelengths of radiation, Betelgeuse would be the brightest star in the night sky

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4DWJ TIL it is a mortal sin to withhold a just wage in Catholicism. Remuneration “should guarantee man the opportunity to provide a dignified livelihood for himself and his family on the material, social, cultural and spiritual level.”
X0pwr TIL: In 2020, an explosion at a chemical facility in Spain killed 3 people, however, one of them, Sergio Millán was 2 kilometers away and not a worker, when he was struck by a steel plate from the explosion weighing 800kg with a security camera catching the plate traveling 2km to reach him.
xj75 TIL that the staple ingredient in most Italian foods is not native to Italy nor Europe. The tomato originated in Mexico.
ADVLa TIL when billionaire Thomas Peterffy’s father met his new wife he gave his teenage son $100 and kicked him out of the house. With his final words being “Make something of yourself”
o1wR TIL that if you wear “inverted-glasses”, after a few day, the brain will flip the image for you and it will go back to normal!