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TIL that scientists have created the first visible “time crystals,” exotic structures that repeat not in space but in time, and can actually be seen with the naked eye.

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woMLE TIL Albert Henry Woolson outlived over two million Civil War Union Army comrades when he died on August 2, 1956, at the age of 106. At his death, he was recognized as the last surviving Union Army veteran.
rkMe TIL the German government refuses to recognize Scientology as a religion. The organization has officially been labelled an ‘abusive business masquerading as a religion’
dDDeB TIL the oldest operational commercial passenger plane is in the fleet of Canadian Operator Nolinor Aviation and is circa 48 years old
dDnAr TIL that when your hands or legs “fall asleep” it isn’t from restricted blood flow, it’s from a pinched nerve.
Z8Kao TIL one in 5000 babies is born without a butt hole, called Imperforate Anus, which has to be fixed surgically by the hospital.