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TIL there is a town in Arizona called Nothing, and nobody lives in it

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R7NBQ TIL that researchers from Aalto University in Finland have successfully tested quantum teleportation of macroscopic objects
6Eo7Q TIL there’s a Hot Waitress Economic Index - an informal measure of the state of the economy that is compiled by counting the number of attractive people working as waiters/waitresses.
8nea TIL The appendix does have a purpose. It stores samples of good bacteria so they can repopulate your immune system in case they are wiped out completely by diseases such as dysentery or cholera.
kOdwg TIL NASA gets no money from companies using their name or logo to sell products.
kO7DW TIL: The difference between David Bowie's eyes is caused by Anisocoria ( a condition where the pupils are two different sizes) which developed after Bowie got punched in the eye, in a fight over a girl when he was 15.