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TIL that an Enterprise-like ocean research vessel is being built, headed by Jean-Loup Chretien and Jacques Piccard

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mxYBy TIL of a 1930s Welsh medium who claimed to be able to levitate during seances performed in complete darkness with help from spirits. People began to demand their money back from him after learning he was simply jumping up in the air.
VMEA8 TIL that nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas, was first used as a recreational party drug by Britain's wealthy class in the 1700s before it was ever utilized for medical reasons
wLV51 TIL about the Veritable Records of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea, a detailed annual record which a king was never allowed to read, to maintain its impartiality. One time, a king told others to keep his falling off a horse secret from the scribe. His request was recorded.
XEPb6 TIL about the Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab science kit, arguably the most dangerous toy, which included four small jars of uranium
R5W18 TIL We have at least a 50/50 chance, if we could travel there today, of finding at least some form of primitive life on a planet (K2-18B) that is 124 lightyears away given markers in the atmosphere, JWST observations, and the chemical and physical parameters of the planet in relation to it's star.