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TIL that peeling scotch tape in a vacuum produces radiation powerful enough to xray the human body

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x00o TIL that the Irish last name prefix “Mac” means “son of” and prefix “O” means “grandson of”.
VWn8 TIL your brain makes decisions before you realize it, according to researchers that used brain imaging to predict what choice people would make before they themselves were aware of having made a decision—prompting reconsideration of what we consider “free will”
NX4eJ TIL about Li Xouying, who lived through the Massacre of Nanking. While 7 months pregnant, she fought off three Japanese soldiers who stabbed her 37 times; she survived and went on to advocate for the victims.
xyGb TIL 14.5% of Gaborone, Botswana’s capital, believes HIV is spread through witchcraft
MeyaK TIL that If you observe a a rainbow from an airplane (a glory), it will make a full circle, and you will always see the shadow of the plane in the center of the circle.