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TIL that certain mammels like weasels seasonally shrink their skull and brain to reduce heat loss during winter

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OGeeR TIL an average wind turbine creates enough energy to power 460 US homes every month
bZx0 TIL nukes can have their yield ‘dialed’ or adjusted up or down, from city-buster to tiny puff of single kiloton smoke, while in the silo or even in flight.
m1ndO TIL Humans can’t walk in a straight line without looking at something. If blindfolded, we gradually walk in a circle. It seems like our brain needs a reference point to stay on track!
94Op TIL When reporters asked astronaut Alan Shepard what he thought about as he sat atop the Redstone rocket, waiting for liftoff, he replied: “The fact that every part of this ship was built by the low bidder”
0geN TIL The moving scene from Fresh Prince of Bel Air where Will’s dad leaves him was improvised by Will. The hug James Avery (Uncle Phil) gives will at the end is a genuine response.