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TIL that The nucleus is very small compared to the size of the atom. As an analogy, if the atom where the size of a baseball stadium, then the nucleus would be smaller than a baseball, perhaps closer to the size of a ping pong ball. Most of atom is, in fact, empty space.

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d89x7 TIL about Wank Week, a British documentary series dedicated to increasing public awareness and dispelling any taboos surrounding masturbation. A press release even promised that it would reveal "if the only things allowed to be stiff in Britain are upper lips". It was, unsurprisingly, canceled.
NX8dQ TIL a scene from a Season 1 episode of Pokemon, in which Pikachu stops and explodes a wave of missiles (in cyberspace), had animation effects that triggered seizures for 685 children, 150 of which were hospitalised.
DNQj TIL that when the Greek city of Megara was under siege by Macedonians, the Megarians lit pigs on fire and sent them to the enemy elephants. The elephants ran and the siege was broken.
yVVDM TIL that Elvis actually was supposed to be born with a twin who died at stillbirth. This then contributed to why his mom was so overprotective of him growing up. Long live the King.
yVy1w TIL the World Record for longest name is held by a man whose name contained 746 letters and 27 words. Each of his 26 surnames started with a different letter, in alphabetical order. His last name told the story of a Wolf-Slayer whose ancestors came here on a tungsten spaceship 1.2 million years ago.