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TIL about "Geostationary Orbit" where satellites match the rotation of the earth and stay above a fixed point on the earth's surface

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rE10 TIL black women have smaller vaginal openings than white women
pAp8 TIL A researcher once played a recording of an elephant who had died. The sound was coming from a speaker hidden in a thicket. The family went wild calling, looking all around. The dead elephant’s daughter called for four days afterward.
jDeR TIL That Optical tweezers exist and are capable of holding single molecules for study
Oob81 TIL that in some cases it is better that a single product design dominates a market for a short period of time, regardless of relative quality (ex. iPod, Blu-Ray, VHS). "Dominant design" allows for relatively low-risk improvement of existing designs, increasing the rate of technological advancement.
GEON TIL there was a movie from 2006 called Zyzzyx Road which starred Katherine Heigl. It had a budget of $1.2 million and earned just $30 at the box office from six patrons.