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TIL - gorillas can learn more than 1000 words and may be smarter than 15% to 20% of humans based on standardized IQ tests

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OGDg6 TIL that Mexico City is sinking at a rate of up to 50cm a year
64KQ TIL That the X-rays from an atomic bomb are so powerful, they can compress lithium until it causes a fusion explosion… even without the shockwave. Its called a “Teller-Ulam” nuclear weapon, and it uses an atomic bomb as a “spark plug”.
PYGZE TIL: Retail stores use skinny mirrors to boost dress sales
O6P1 TIL: In order to teach at University of Phoenix, you must have a degree from a regionally accredited university, which UOP is not. Thus, they do not accept graduates of their own school as professors.
JJol TIL that one of the first people to be killed by a robot was Kenji Urada, a Japanese engineer working at a Kawasaki Heavy Industries plant. While working on a broken robot, he failed to turn it off completely, resulting in the robot pushing him into a grinding machine with its hydraulic arm.