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TIL Schrödinger's Cat was a thought experiment designed to be so absurd that people would realize that's not how quantum mechanics work.

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PYgrE TIL 7 in 10 wealthy families lose their fortune by the second generation. By the third generation that number has jumped to 9 in 10.
699wm TIL the small and exquisite Shropshire sun pendant looks like art deco, but this gold treasure is in fact 3,000 years old, from a time when it was assumed the local Britons were living in huts or caves
xVx4w TIL that Pixar's Cars lost the 2006 Best Animated Feature Oscar to Happy Feet, which used motion capture technology. Their next film, Ratatouille, has a stamp in the credits saying "100% Genuine Animation! No motion capture or any other performance shortcuts were used in the production of this film"
ZpmvD TIL that Venezuelan serial killer and cannibal Dorangel Vargas - who confessed to killing and eating at least ten individuals. He declared that men's meat tastes better than women's and that he avoided eating fat people because of high cholesterol levels.
RMOj TIL that Benjamin Franklin had an illegitimate son, who had an illegitimate son, who had an illegitimate son.