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TIL that if a space station is large enough you can orbit it
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TIL that 80% of all avocados sold worldwide are derived from one single tree that was grown from a seed of unknown origin back in 1926.
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TIL in the 18th century, some toilet bowls or chamber pot holders were constructed to look like a book or pile of books from the outside, in order to camouflage them. One such "book" has "Histoire des Pays Bas" (History of the Netherlands/Lower Lands) on its spine, a reference to its intended use
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TIL that the ball lightning is real, which has confused weather watchers through out the history and continues to intrigue researchers today.
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TIL: honeycombs start out circular, and the surface tension of the beeswax pulls them into hexagons as it solidifies, because it is the most energetically favorable conformation.
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TIL that Machu Picchu is earthquake resistant. The Incans created an engineering technique called ‘ashlar masonry’, where rocks are cut to fit perfectly together without mortar. This allowed the stones to move in its place during an earthquake, before settling back in their original positions