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TIL there’s a baseball diamond on Area 51

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E1kP7 TIL that even at 0 Kelvin (absolute zero), atoms continue to vibrate due the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, which states that a particle's momentum cannot be precisely determined if its position is known, and vice versa. Basically, because the atom's position is known at 0K, its momentum can't be
gM4aA TIL it took until 2020 to clear all the landmines in the Falkland Islands left over from the Falklands War
4XB8g TIL That while a cow eats basically no fat in its natural diet, bacteria digest the grass such that the cow absorbs 70% of its calories from fats
16MO7 TIL during the Middle Ages, two-phase or 'biphasic' sleep is a common practice; a first sleep and second sleep with a period of wakefulness in between (known as "the watch") where people do chores, have sex, pray, and socialise.
y0bJ TIL disposable toilet seat covers are meant to have the flap fall in the front of the bowl. This is to prevent penis to porcelain contact or urine splash back.