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TIL that when melting glass in space, zero gravity increases the viscosity and you can create glass with chemicals other than silica!! [x-post from r/glassblowing]

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awpEb TIL current Emperor of Japan, Akihito, plans to retire next April. This will be the first time in 200 years a living emperor of Japan has abdicated. With the ascension of his son, Naruhito, a new era of Japanese history will be proclaimed
06xv TIL that the movie Never Been Kissed was titled “Because She’s Ugly” in the Philippines.
7wvZ TIL that an adult attracted to teens is an ephebophile not a pedophile
4paX TIL in 1917, staged photos that two little girls had taken of themselves w/ cardboard-cut-outs of magical fairies and gnomes were able to convince ‘Sherlock Holmes’ author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle that he had discovered conclusive evidence for the supernatural.
Me5GB TIL Prairie dog language is complex. They don’t just have a call for “danger”: their calls differentiate human, hawk, domesticated dog, coyote etc. and specify size & color. One study found that they can communicate “Here comes the short human in the yellow” (vs the tall human in blue) to each other