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TIL: A boomerang will still come back to you in a zero gravity pressurised environment

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VMLyQ TIL it is largely a myth that the Library of Alexandria was destroyed in a fire. Most of the collection had records elsewhere in the world. The Library of Alexandria was largely brought down by dwindling membership over many centuries. By the time it was destroyed, no books were housed there.
dGv9 TIL of Redemption Ink, a non-profit organization offering free coverups to people baring the marks of gangs, prejudice, and hate in the form of a tattoo.
epR94 TIL about Concetta Antico, a painter with tetrachromacy. This is an incredibly rare condition found predominantly in women, in which a person is born with 4 ocular cones instead of three. She can see around 90 million more colors than the average person.
XwKj TIL Steven Spielberg was thanked more often than God in Oscar acceptance speeches.
E1bjp TIL Richard Phillips spent 45 years behind bars for a crime he didn’t commit — the longest verified sentence to have been served in error in America