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TIL the Quimbaya people made objects 1000 years ago that resemble airplanes so much that remote control replicas of them can actually fly

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VMYgk TIL that in most places in Switzerland, they won’t collect trash that’s not in special bags that are sold with a built-in fee. Recycling, however, is cheap or free. As a result, Switzerland recycles 54% of solid municipal waste (double the European average) and 76% of recyclable items
xPAw TIL On September 1997, the $1 billion American warship USS Yorktown’s propulsion system failed. The Yorktown was incapacitated in the Atlantic Ocean for 2 hours and 45 minutes. The propulsion system failure was caused when the software program made an error by dividing with zero.
WkNXo TIL there is a massive subterranean biosphere estimated to contain life approaching double the volume of all oceans. About 70% of Earth's bacteria and archaea live here. These microbes are often very different from surface cousins, with life cycles on near-geologic timescales.
R5K6l TIL that a boy saw 17 doctors over the course of three years for chronic pain he was experiencing, but none were able to find a diagnosis that explained all of his symptoms. His mother then provided a list of his symptoms to ChatGPT which ultimately provided them with a diagnosis.
BrkGk TIL that in 1997, Julie Rea Harper scuffled with a man in her home who had broken in and killed her son. She was initially tried and convicted of the murder, but after a later apprehension, serial killer Tommy Lynn Sells admitted to Harper's account and his guilt, resulting in Harper's exoneration.