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TIL Harold Ramis directed some episodes of The Office

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4kg TIL that Tesla said that if you stick a rod far enough into space the temperature difference would create an electrical current and a motor could be run off it and that this (while not doing any work itself) did not violate the second law of thermodynamics.
BMPr TIL that dinosaurs were around 163 million years before the evolution of grass. (Dinosaurs evolved 230 million years ago while grass evolved 67 million years ago).
kDkB TIL the Hammer of Thor is an approved religious symbol for veteran gravestones in the US and two soldiers have such headstones
rlJy TIL a majority of the World’s adults are lactose intolerant. Being able to digest milk puts you in the minority.
jd9j TIL A British sailor in WWII escaped his submarine from depths of 171 feet and managed to get to the surface and survive.