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TIL Russian and Scandinavian women have the largest cup sizes in all the world.

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epmK4 TIL that American physicist Richard Feynman once faced off against a Japanese abacus expert to see which could calculate faster. The abacus consistently won on more simple operations, but Feynman was faster in division and complex calculations such as cube roots.
Z8dnG Today I learned that CMD/CTRL + X copies something and deletes it in 1 motion, instead of CMD/CTRL + C and then delete.
OdX4 TIL there was a German town which reportedly disappeared after it was washed away by the North Sea in the year 1362. Historians are confident that it existed, however there is debate over where it originally was located. It is sometimes called “the Atlantis of the North Sea.”
5Yx18 TIL Jackie Kennedy's pink suit worn when her husband, John F. Kennedy, was assassinated is locked away in the National Archives until at least 2103.
Wk4gX TIL some of Marie Curie's books and papers from the 1890s are considered too dangerous to be handled, because of their radioactive contamination. They are kept in lead boxes, and those who wish to consult them must wear protective clothing.