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TIL it would take several months to reach the speed of light at a rate of acceleration that the human body can withstand (without inertia manipulation)

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VMor4 TIL that scientists have found a way to make diamonds out of high carbon peanut butter.
6ElOY TIL there was a sign language developed in the Rennell Island by a deaf person living there, that was only used by him and his acquaintances and disappeared when he died.
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