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TIL If identical twins marry identical twins, their children will legally be cousins, but genetically will be full siblings.

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1MR8 TIL of the “man will never fly” conspiracy. People who believe that man actually has never flown and are just tricked into believing they are flying.
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Z8xx4 Space is not empty, nor is it silent. While technically a vacuum, space nonetheless contains energetic charged particles, governed by magnetic and electric fields, and it behaves, unlike anything we experience on Earth. In regions laced with magnetic fields, such as the space environment surrounding our planet, particles are continually tossed to and fro by the motion of various electromagnetic waves known as plasma waves. These plasma waves, like the roaring ocean surf, create a rhythmic cacophony that — with the right tools — we can hear across space.
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