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TIL Scientists made light travel at 17 meters per second by having light travel through a gas at nearly zero kelvin.

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4XgVR TIL that Mr. Rogers responded to every fan letter he received. He would wake up 5 every morning, pray, and begin answering letters as part of his daily routine. Many children wrote to him about their personal issues, such as family members dying. He received between 50 and 100 letters every day.
bog4 TIL People can give government more money to reduce the debt without waiting to be taxed.
nWy9B TIL that Eratosthenes, the man who calculated the circumference of the Earth, also calculated various dates of the Trojan war.
5DQQ TIL the cousin of the “ Internet Bully Hero”, that slams a kid on the floor at school for bullying him, committed suicide. Because of bullying.
E1DLp TIL jewish applicants to the math department of Moscow State University were given select problems. These were designed to prevent them and other “undesirables” from getting a passing grade