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TIL: While it takes 8+ minutes for a photon to travel from the sun to the earth, for the photon it leaves the sun and arrives at the earth in the same instant. Things that travel at the speed of light do not experience time.

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w8Lo TIL that there are about 200 dead frozen bodies on Mount Everest. Many of which you must pass to get to the summit. Some are used as waypoints… yes, there are pics.
BgEjr TIL: The amount of abs you can attain is purely determined by genetics. While 6 packs are the most common, some bodybuilders such as Schwarzenegger can only attain a 4 pack. This is due to humans being born with different amounts of fascia bands. The most you can have is a 10 pack, which is rare.
nJJB TIL that no Pope has recognized St. Patrick as a Saint
xVX7 TIL the first Google Doodle signified that Larry Page and Sergey Brin had gone to Burning Man and were out of the office.
VB7oQ TIL about The black nun of Moret, Louise Marie-Therese, a French nun whose origins are unknown with a lot of royal connections, who could have been the hidden daughter of the Queen of France