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TIL that sunlight in pluto is still bright enough that you could read a book on the surface

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d8k1Z TIL a golden chamber with ultra-sensitive lightbulbs is buried under a mountain in Japan and contains water so pure that it can be corrosive and dissolve metal- and it's helping scientists detect neutrinos from dying stars.
VBL48 TIL that the inclusion of women in clinical research did not become law until 1993.
GYelJ TIL two men disappeared in the space of three months, they were both stopped by the same officer and he left them at a Circle K. Neither man has ever been found.
yQbGV TIL Spiders don't have muscles in their legs. They extend them using a system of hydraulics powered by their blood pressure. When they die, spiders' legs curl up because the blood pressure is gone.
awQJb Today I learned there's a hybrid of both introverted and extroverted personality elements.. and it is Not what you think!