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TIL my fingernails grow at roughly the same rate that our continents move

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oRRRL TIL a black hole's gravitational pull is so strong, it won't just pull you in physically. It pulls in the direction of your flow of time, guaranteeing that once you cross the event horizon your only guaranteed future is the singularity
5V1GR TIL the first automat - a type of fast-food restaurant where food and drink are served through a vending machine without waitstaff - was introduced in Berlin in 1895.
VMga4 All of the World's yeast probably originated in China.
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