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TIL that stomach growling is called 'Borborygmi'

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NNJb Scientists detected an atomic nucleus traveling at 99.9999999999999% of the speed of light, with energy 20 quintillion times that of visible light. It was appropriately named the “Oh-My-God Particle.”
rZXo TIL that after its initial 90-day mission, the Opportunity Mars rover has been active on Mars for 13 years today.
jNB1j TIL over 200 people were once sickened by contaminated chicken at a Summit on Food Safety
oRdyK TIL there were just 5 surviving longbows from medieval England known to exist before 137 whole longbows (and 3,500 arrows) were recovered from the wreck of the Mary Rose in 1980 (a ship of Henry VIII's navy that capsized in 1545). The bows were in excellent finished condition & have been preserved.
woP Michael Jackson was so keen to play Spider-Man that he attempted to buy Marvel Comics from Stan Lee