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TIL that not only would you need an infinite energy source to reach the speed of light, you would also need an infinite energy source to slow down from the speed of light once you were going that fast.

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8aYrG TIL Kepler-62e is one of several recently discovered water world planets in the habitable zone of its parent star
P49G TIL that actor James Doohan was shot six times on D-day after successfully leading his men through a minefield and killing two German snipers. One of the shots to the chest would have been fatal except he had a silver cigarette case there, given to him by his brother.
JY0G4 TIL that 4.5bn years ago, when the moon was created it was only 14,000miles away from earth compared to the 238, 885miles it is today. This is because every year the moon moves 3.78cm away from the earth.
xEag TIL when Andre the Giant would go to Japan he would sometimes shit in bathtubs, or on newspapers because the toilets were too small for him
QBkM TIL chocolate magnate Milton Hershey launched a ‘Great Building Campaign’ during the Great Depression with the aim of employing more people. When he was told that a steam shovel being used on a project did the work of 40 men, he instructed his foreman: “Take them off. Hire 40 men.”