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TIL that bread gets stale faster in the refrigerator.

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xVaQ1 TIL the $35 that scientific journals charge you to read a paper goes 100% to the publisher and 0% to the authors. If you email a researcher and ask for their paper, they are allowed to send them to you for free and will be genuinely delighted to do so.
dDKX8 TIL diamonds are formed 90-125 miles below earth’s surface. Thats roughly the equivalent height of 23 mount everests. Then they make their way to the surface through volcanic eruptions or meteor strikes.
MEvV TIL That C. Boycott was a English land agent who the Irish shunned so bad that he became a verb
wbLP TIL Australian astronomers discovered a mysterious signal to be their microwave oven after 17 years
R7BY6 TIL the US Gemini space capsule had to be redesigned because 14 of the 16 astronauts didn't fit in it. The original design relied so heavily on input from Mercury astronaut 'Gus' Grissom, who was 5' 6", that it was nicknamed the "Gusmobile."