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TIL that IBM made a movie, quite literally, out of atoms.

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rbZ0 TIL that most toilets in Hong Kong are flushed with seawater in order to conserves the city’s scarce freshwater resources
KYrp6 TIL that rather confusingly “lime tree” can refer to two very different and unrelated trees, at least in the UK. A lime tree is one that produces citrus fruit, or one of the genus Tilia (in North America often called Linden not to confuse with the citrus one)
mxXdY TIL that obesity is a rising problem for horses, just like for humans, partly due to a tendency for an owner with a horse of perfectly acceptable body condition to be criticized and accused of not feeding enough.
vPRmD TIL Natural gas, is odorized by the provider or supplier in order you to be able to smell it, and that rotten eggs smell we all know isn’t natural.
KYdx9 TIL though the Egyptians themselves considered the Romans to be their pharaohs and the legitimate successors of the ancient pharaohs, the emperors themselves never adopted any pharaonic titles or traditions outside of Egypt, as these would have been hard to justify in the Roman world at large.