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TIL Patrick Stewart largely changed the way people pronounce the word "data"

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PPpE TIL that 6 weeks before Mubarak’s fall about 77% of Egyptians supported hand amputation as punishment for theft, 82% supported stoning to death for adultery, and 84% supported the death penalty for anyone who leaves Islam
Z8aap TIL Due to the additive effects of gravitation time dilation over the course of billions of years the core of the Earth is actually 2.5 years younger than the surface.
xVEAg TIL That the personal belongings of Marie Curie, the mother of modern physics, are dangerously radioactive to this day. They are kept in a lead box and those who wish to consult them must wear protective clothing.
wLvaJ TIL Bread makes ducks sick, prevents them from learning to forage, and can even deform their wings so they can’t fly.
DVXp TIL in 2013, a 7 year-old was suspended for two days when a teacher thought that his Pop-Tart looked like a gun.