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TIL: Much of Earth's water is older than the Sun, and come from deep space.

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l7E87 TIL of the Gruen effect, a psychological phenomenon where a store's design overwhelms a person so they are more easily manipulated to buy things. It is named after architect Victor Gruen, who disapproved of the techniques
Yp64v TIL that because of jet streams being predominantly west-east, flights towards the east are faster than towards the west. As an example, flying from New York to London takes 6h 55m, whereas flying from London to New York takes 8h 15m on average.
j4n Til In the movie The Fifth Element, the hero (Bruce Willis) and the villain (Gary Oldman) never meet, nor do they communicate in any way.
6EbnJ TIL Canada made an actual flying saucer during the cold war
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