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kpnB TIL that Nguyen Cao Ty, who served as President and Vice President of South Vietnam during the Vietnam war, emigrated to the Unites States and ran a liquor store for several years after the fall of Saigon.
7rJy7 TIL: Tensegrity Structures and how facilitating they are
9Y7LX TIL of two neighbor galaxies nicknamed "Akira" and "Tetsuo". Akira is a 'red geyser': a galaxy that has stopped making stars because its massive black hole is stealing gas from a nearby galaxy, Tetsuo, leading to friction and temperatures that prevent gas from clumping together (1million+ degrees)
G0bQ TIL that voles are capable of empathizing with each other. When a vole is mistreated, other voles will comfort it and spend more time grooming it.
lyMK TIL human nostrils alternate air flow every hour in order to give the other nostril a “break” from air particles, odours and other irritants. This is why, during a cold, one nostril always appears to be plugged while other is open.