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TIL peeling Scotch Tape in a vacuum releases enough X-rays to produce an image of finger bones on X-ray film

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pyVp TIL that only half of Americans believe global warming is caused by human actions.
epDwn TIL the Hindi/Sanskrit word that Ancient Indians (~5000 BCE) used and still use for "Study of Geography" and it is "Bhoo-Gol", literally "Bhoo" = Land or Earth and "Gol/Gola" = Round
78gVL TIL that capybaras do not have the ability to produce Vitamin C on their own and are vulnerable to scurvy. Therefore it is essential to include fruits and vegetables in their diets as a Vitamin C supplement, just like humans do.
Omy6 TIL that “MAS*H” audiences were so upset that character Col. H. Blake was killed when his plane was shot down over the Sea of Japan that actor McLean Stevenson appeared in a skit on The Cher Show afterwards in a lifeboat saying, “I’m OK! I’m OK!”
kO5pd TIL a Air New Zealand sightseeing flight to Antarctica was supposed to have Sir Edmund Hillary who became one of the first to climb Mount Everest. Subsequently the flight got caught in a white out and crashed in to Mt. Erebus killing all of the passengers.