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TIL that Oceanic feeling, coined by Romain Rolland in a 1927 letter to Sigmund Freud, describes a sensation of eternity and oneness with the world, seen as the source of religious energy.

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1P5D TIL A single cargo ship can produce as much pollution as 50 million cars. There are 90,000 cargo in use (in 2009).
Egy0V TIL That no two decks of shuffled cards have ever been in the same order ever, there are 8 x 10^67 (67 zeros) possible combinations
Vgep TIL that 1 in 5 adults in the U.S. lack the math competency expected of an 8th grader
jNP4n TIL the actor who played The Hulk in the original 1970's TV series, Lou Ferrigno, has been voicing the character for decades, including every appearance in the MCU up to Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015).
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