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m180E TIL that the CUORE Detector located under Gran Sasso uses lead from a Roman shipwreck in its experiments as radioactive-free shielding in its hunt for neutrinos
6OXl TIL The former capitol of Australia, Melbourne, was once called Batmania after it’s founder John Batman
gxA4 TIL Methane Hydrate, a new and completely untapped reservoir of fossil fuel exists in huge amounts in the deep sea. Is estimated that there could be more potential fossil fuel contained in the methane hydrates than in all classic coal, oil and natural gas reserves combined.
4XnNg TIL Anna Bagenholm survived the lowest body temperature ever recorded at 56.7 F (13.7 C). She had been skiing when she fell through a frozen stream and became stuck for 80 minutes. Despite being clinically dead, she made a full recovery and is now working at the same hospital that saved her life.
YpG0r TIL the 21st century didn't begin on January 1st 2000. It began later on January 1st 2001. This is because the first year of a century is the year 01, never 00.