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TIL the speed of light is reducible to 1 Planck length / 1 Planck time. With all the varying measures of distance (feet, meters, miles, kilometers, astronomical units, light years) and all the different measures of time (…seconds, minutes, years, millennia), 1/1 is extremely satisfying!

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xVe11 TIL a Tennessee magistrate judge once ordered a woman to change her son's name from "Messiah" because "The word Messiah is a title that has only been earned by one person, and that one person is Jesus Christ."
PYxxg TIL of Mercedes de Acosta, a writer who had many salacious love affairs with famous women in the 1920s and 30s, including Isadora Duncan, Marlene Dietrich, and Greta Garbo. She reportedly claimed, “I can get any woman away from any man.”
YplMW TIL that a duel in Canada was resolved by having both participants say "sorry" to each other.
wLd0E TIL that a truck in Norway carrying 27 tonnes of Brunost (a delicacy cheese) caught fire in a tunnel. Due to the high fat and sugar content, the fire raged for 5 days and caused significant damage to the tunnel, requiring several months to repair it
N6jE TIL on February 11, 1992, a man who was likely innocent of a crime for which he was about to be put to death uttered these last words: “I’d like to thank my family for loving me and taking care of me. And the rest of the world can kiss my everloving ass, because I’m innocent.”