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TIL that neutron star mergers can produce anywhere between 3 and 13 Earth masses of gold

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E1k8w TIL Mathematicians at London's King's College concluded Stanley Kubrick's The Shining(1980) to be the "perfect scary movie" according to new Mathematical Formula. The Formula is : (es+u+cs+t) squared +s+ (tl+f)/2 + (a+dr+fs)/n + sin x - 1
e0Zgg TIL that in sensitive experiments, scientists have to use metal made before 1945 because the Cold War nuclear tests permanently made the atmosphere and as a result all manufactured metal too radioactive. Much of the metal is taken from sunken ships.
9OeD TIL that, as a member of a federally recognized American Indian tribe, not only can I own eagle feathers, I can actually go on a national waiting list to receive an entire American Bald Eagle (deceased).
6ajY TIL bees are more closely related to ants than to wasps.
Oodm7 TIL Henry VIII may have been a carrier for the rare Kell blood antigen that would have caused his wives’ antibodies to attack their Kell-positive fetuses, resulting in neonatal death