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TIL Kepler-186f is the first Earth-sized exoplanet within a star’s habitable zone, it is far enough away from the star that water could persist in a liquid state

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JObm TIL that Yhprum’s Law, which is the ananym of Murphy’s Law, states that “Everything, that can work, will work.” In other words, “Sometimes systems that should not work, work nevertheless.”
AWMx TIL that the probability of human extinction by Molecular nanotechnology weapons or Superintelligent AI before year 2100 has been put at 5%.
wLAw8 TIL that the oldest known musical instrument, a 43000 years old flute, could have been made by a Neanderthal.
QNR6 TIL The question of why manhole covers are typically round was made famous by Microsoft when they began asking it as a job-interview question.
nMoG TIL The Kenyan Masai tribe donated 14 cows to the US following the 9/11 attacks. The cattle - regarded as sacred, were the highest expression of regard and sympathy.