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TIL that sweaters that have been turned into pants is a thing - swants

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8a5MP Today I learned that ceiling fans can make you feel cooler OR warmer, depending on which direction the blades are spinning.
xVX47 TIL that during Hiroshima, the Gingko trees that were growing 1 to 2 km from the explosion of the atomic bomb survived the blast and quickly became healthy again. Those trees were some of the few living things that survived and are still alive today.
0jnv TIL the very first vlogger started in 1999, and is still going today, with only 1,206 subscribers.
0wyNv TIL that Dr. Leroy Chiao was doing squats on the International Space Station when he accidentally found a way to ripple the solar arrays at a low frequency. Another astronaut later tried to use this technique to help loosen a solar array that got stuck.
Lbrm TIL of Urbach-Wiethe disease, a rare genetic disorder that damages the amygdala and causes people to be unable to experience fear.