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TIL that in String Theory, the size of ‘Strings’ in a hydrogen molecule would be relative in size to the width of human hair to the Milky Way

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4XyDN TIL: Thanks to a gruesome mistake, a French Canadian Voyageur was shot in the stomach, but later healed and recovered from the wound, scientists were better able to understand the digestive tract thanks to how his wound healed, which allowed probing of his stomach actively digesting.
8aeDZ TIL two hair salons in the UK have started to include a "quiet chair" for people who don't want to engage in small talk while getting their hair cut.
5ODP TIL that actor Paul Newman was #19 on Richard Nixon’s “enemies list”
0dAo5 TIL: There was a poll of "well traveled women" which rated men they slept with. Spain, France, Brazil had the best lovers. For the worst countries, they also indicated why, Germany (Too Smelly), England (Too Lazy), Sweden (Too Quick), America (Too Rough), Russia (Too Hairy).
KOJ7B TIL, in WWI dogs, horse, mules and donkeys all wore gas masks.