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TIL that talking to yourself may just in fact benefit thinking and perception!

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oRVNK TIL the lunar surface contains 1.1 million metric tons of helium-3. Just 25 tons would meet all of the US energy needs for a year. Helium-3 fusion produces charged particles which are not radioactive. Helium-3 is also renewable, being constantly deposed by solar winds on the surface of the Moon.
aw5vN TIL that salmon migration provides Nitrogen, an important nutrient, to forests surrounding estuaries via predation by bears and other animals.
O1j1 TIL that a 106-mile portion of I-70 in Utah has no gasoline or exits. It is the longest portion of the US Interstate system without services. A station at one end sells about 30 gas containers a week to people who run out on the highway and walk to the station.
nWK8W TIL that the Romans added the letter “Y” in the first century to pronounce Greek loanwords containing the letter upsilon, and originally made an “ew” sound. The Romans called the letter “Greek I,” which is still its name in some Romance languages.
XEYGj TIL about the Gimli Glider, an Air Canada Boeing 767 plane that ran out of fuel and was safely landed on an abandoned airstrip.