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TIL if you stare at yourself in a mirror 1.5m away, you’re looking at yourself 10 nanoseconds in the past (ignoring visual processing time)

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gMvRb TIL that in some countries, it's not illegal to escape prison providing no other laws are broken, as it's human nature to want to escape.
r8Wd TIL Philip II (father of Alexander the Great) threatened Sparta with “if I bring my army into your land, I will destroy your farms, slay your people, and raze your city.”. The Spartans simply replied with “if.”. neither Philip or Alexander attempted to capture the city.
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