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TIL Obsidian can be made into a scalpel with a cutting edge of 3 nanometers. A strand of DNA is 2.5 nm, a sheet of paper 100,000 nm

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8a65Z TIL A poll found that only two thirds of Americans aged 18 to 24 believed the world was round. This is partly due to a shift towards populism and distrust in the views of experts and mainstream media.
yVGDa TIL Kia's Privacy Policy Covers the Collection of "Sex Life" Information
ADnkx TIL Georgy Gruzinsky, a Russian nobleman, faked his death in 1798 to avoid a court sentence. He reappeared when he was effectively pardoned in 1802, and actually died in 1852.
69Bmw TIL about the most extensive, longest and largest mountain range on Earth, that is nearly 65,000km long, but more than 90% of it is located 2,500m underwater and it’s spreading at 2 to 16cm per year
neGN7 TIL that Nintendo can trace its origins back to the time of the Ottoman Empire and even ran brothels to supplement their trading card business.