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TIL that the person going first in Connect Four can win 100% of the time

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4Xmjw TIL the nuclear bomb tests in the 1940s can help identify forged paintings by using radiocarbon dating. Authenticators can count the number of carbon 14 isotopes and decide whether the number is realistic for the time. Carbon 14 isotopes are known to have dramatically increased after these tests.
46Za TIL that in Denmark, it is illegal to burn foreign flags, but not illegal to burn the Danish flag.
awwbA A battle of resolution
JlWm TIL the Oh My God Particle, an ultra high energy particle (a billion times more energy than the LHC’s output) that travels so absurdly fast, time dilation dictates that it would have experienced 16 days of time since the beginning of the universe
GYYk1 TIL outdoor cats are the #1 threat to bird populations. They have contributed to the extinction of 33 bird populations and are responsible for roughly 2.4 billion in bird losses per year.