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TIL there is a real time model that shows the Earth’s wind patterns

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x6Kjk TIL The bronze doors of the Pantheon are the original doors from 2000 years ago
9Yo5D TIL the Feynman Lectures on Physics, freely accessible online, is widely appreciated to be one of the most well written summaries of physics, and fully grapsing its brilliantly intuitive explanations allows one to enjoy a true understanding of the concepts
wLKd8 TIL In Texas two parties can legally settle a dispute by fighting as long as they don't kill or seriously injure one another
1xpD TIL that in 2001, a Norwegian container ship rescued 438 refugees in open ocean between Indonesia and Australia. The ship was then refused entry into Australian waters, but entered anyway. Australia then sent troops to board the ship.
WQDY TIL: Google has map that visualizes major cyber attacks around the world as they happen