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TIL American universities are fearing a massive drop in the number of people going to college by 2025 due to lowering birth rates

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9Ydkm TIL that a paper centrifuge has been designed by Manu Prakash in 2016 based on spinning toy, whirligig. It can reach 20,000 rotations per minute and can be used to separate plasma from blood and malarial parasites, operate with hands without electricity and costs 20 cents.
6EDZl TIL the Australian insult "drongo" comes from a failed race horse, which itself was named after a native bird.
KGOw TIL Bob’s burger restaurant, Bob’s Burgers (from “Bob’s Burgers”) would need to sell 785 of Bob’s burgers per month in order to pay rent.
yQ1pM TIL that in 2005 scientists discovered a dinosaur tail preserved in amber. It was filled with feathers.
pD9e TIL one of Jupiter’s moon’s, Io, is the driest thing and most geologically active object in the Solar System