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TIL that scientists have theorized for years on how to create graphene (the strongest material on earth). Two researchers won the 2010 Nobel Prize by simply using scotch tape to peel it off of graphite.

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neEOP TIL there is a no-kill way of producing caviar, allowing to massage eggs out of the pregnant sturgeon, and which could make caviar 70% cheaper if produced at scale
GoxJ TIL: The reason George Jefferson was able to “move on up” was because he won a lawsuit against the city after being hit by a city bus. He used that money to open his own business.
YpRoW TIL that the magnetc field of Earth orients iron-rich minerals in molten lava along the field lines, then becomes locked into place as the lava hardens. By studying different layers of solidified lava, we know that magnetic poles fliped in the past and will do it again.
gM0v7 TIL that “Tonto” the name of the Lone Ranger’s Indian sidekick, means “fool” in Spanish.
MeKO0 TIL The longest anyone's been in a coma is 37 years and 111 days. A six year old girl was in hospital for a routine appendectomy, she went under general anaesthetic and never woke up. She was in a coma from August 6th 1941 to 1978.