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TIL 72% of people get their creative insights in the shower.

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XYBR TIL there is a German word for the unhappy feeling one gets when comparing the actual state of the world, and all its problems, to one’s idea of how the world should actually be. That word is Weltschmerz or “world pain”.
NXepE TIL that Alistair Cooke, the host of PBS Masterpiece Theatre from 1971 to 1992, had his bones stolen and sold on the black market for use in bone grafts. The cancer from which he died had spread to his bones, making them unsuitable for grafts.
wLWOo TIL of the Great Oxidation Event when bacteria evolved photosynthesis about 2.4 BYA, generating O2 as a waste product which changed the methane atmosphere, led to planetary cooling, triggered a series of ice ages, a mass extinction event, new minerals, and led to the evolution of multicellular life.
Wk6Lo TIL Armenian finswimmer Shavarsh Karapetyan was finishing a 12-mile run when he heard a bus crash into the water. He dove down 33 ft, and rescued 20 people, one at a time. He is an 11-time World Record holder, 17-time World Champion, 13-time European Champion and 7-time USSR Champion
8RrZ TIL That Physicists successfully teleported a single photon 89miles, using the theory of Quantum Entanglement