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TIL Snapchat’s expired snaps are not deleted, just hidden
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Br09K
TIL that a second is technically defined to be "9,192,631,770 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition between the two hyperfine levels of the ground state of the cesium-133 atom”.
Lkkem
TIL that an anonymous Swedish band's only release went to number one even though the entire album was recorded in a nonsense language
d8dyj
TIL the X's often seen on moonshine bottles in old cartoons, etc. represent the amount of runnings, or how many times it was distilled.
R16l
TIL That notorious mobster James “Whitey” Bulger actually hated the nickname “Whitey” and, instead, preferred to be called “Boots”
JYayj
TIL Bill Gates, since 2007, has given away 48% of his net worth (roughly $28 billion dollars), which has helped save 6 million lives.