Post * k7vd — Curious Curator

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TIL It’s possible to trap a laser’s beam inside a stream of water, which will result in the beam being guided by the stream.

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0dwEL TIL there is an audiobook of the CIA torture report narrarated by Academy Award winner Helen Mirren

LQxJm TIL that West Virginia is the most depressed state in America, with 29% of adults afflicted, and Hawaii is the least depressed state, with 11.4% of adults afflicted.

x6P70 TIL the chromosomal cap, called telomere, grows shorter during cell division. Researchers also found out that most old people have shorter telomeres, that some telomeres had never shortened in those who lived past 100 years old, and that cancer cells don't die because their telomeres don't shorten.

8a7J4 TIL the small town of Whittier, Alaska has nearly all of its residents living in one large building. This building (Begich) includes stores, a church, a police station, city offices, a clinic, and more. Kids get to school across the street via an underground tunnel.

Me4Gb TIL Sojourner Truth's "Ain't I A Woman" speech never contained that phrase. Truth was raised speaking Dutch in New York. Instead, a white woman retranscribed it 15 years later, embellishing her language to sound more like Southern slaves.