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TIL there is a cave so huge in China it has its own weather systems.

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1OZr TIL that in 2007 a strict set of rules was created limiting the food that lobbyists can offer Congressmen. Lawmakers are basically only allowed to accept food on toothpicks, or bagels and muffins.
Ve5B TIL special care was taken while restoring Shakespeare’s grave to ensure that his bones remained untouched as the epitaph on his tombstone reads: “Good friend, for Jesus’ sake forbear, to dig the dust enclosed here. Blessed be the man that spares these stones, and cursed be he that moves my bones.”
yDoM TIL human fingers can discriminate between surfaces patterned with ridges as small as 13 nanometers in amplitude & non-patterned surfaces. This means that if your finger was the size of the Earth, you could feel the difference between houses from cars
0dNjA TIL chef Anthony Bourdain’s first novel was released in 1995 - a mystery novel entitled, “Bone In The Throat,” about smack-addicted, mob-involved chefs.
ngOB TIL That Mathematical Physicist Arnold Sommerfeld holds the record for the mentoring the highest number of Nobel Laureates, but won none out of the 81 times he was nominated for the same honour