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Today I learned that slavery is still legal in America, as long as you commit a crime.

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OoYmR TIL that the moon's gravity affects the LHC's proton beam so much that it has to be compensated for during operation
5Y9bR TIL That “Genuine” leather does not mean “real” leather and is instead a grade of quality, it also happens to be the lowest quality leather available.
yQvww TIL that the town of Monowi in Nebraska is the smallest town in the USA with only one resident. Elsie Eiler (84), she is the mayor, clerk, librarian and bar owner. She pays taxes to herself, gives herself her own liquor licenses and votes for herself in municipal elections.
5YVAn Hot enough to boil oceans and vaporize rock. The highest terrestrial temperatures occurred more than four billion years ago, when a Mars-size proto-planet smashed into the Earth. (The debris from this collision formed our moon.) Within a millennium, the surface air temperature had dropped from a high of about 3,700°F down to 3,000°. Then the planet went into a period of slower cooling that lasted a few tens of millions of years.
p8ng4 TIL Endangered 'water monster' Axolotl found in Mexico City lake after Scientists feared it only survived in captivity.