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dDMgZ TIL that humanity has a 95% probability of going extinct by the year 10,000 AD according to Brandon Carter's formulationof the controversial Doomsday argument, which argues that half of the humans who will ever have lived have probably already been born.
GAP14 TIL that Water might not be wet. This is because most scientists define wetness as a liquid’s ability to maintain contact with a solid surface, meaning that water itself is not wet, but can make other objects wet.
r0ve TIL the famous “Piracy. It’s a crime” advert used the music in it illegally as it did not have the rights to the song
rR5gw TIL that in 2005, cabbage was banned from Korean baseball after frozen cabbage leaves fell out of Doosan Bears' pitcher Park Myung-Hwan's cap mid-game. After an emergency meeting, KBO officials ruled that cabbage leaves are considered an “alien material” that is capable of disrupting a game.
J1yvl TIL about ‘Phantom Penis’: Around 60% of men who have undergone penile amputation for cancer report sensations in the absent area, including phantom erections and tingling.