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TIL that gold can be made so thin that 1 ounce can cover 300 square feet ft as “gold leaf”.

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A7nw TIL that the solution of the Monty Hall problem (that asks to pick one of three doors to win a car, the picked door remains closed and the third one opens, then asks if you want to switch or not) is so counterintuitive that mathematician Paul Erdos was unconvinced until he saw a simulation of it
a8oaN TIL a 9-yr-old boy lived alone for 2 years after he was abandoned by his mom who lived with her partner 5 km away & only visited from "time to time". He survived on cake & canned goods and didn't have hot water or heating. However, during this time he continued to attend school & was a good student.
1agBV TIL that it was only after Mel Gibson personally underwrote Robert Downey Jr's liability insurance that his career took off again
Y7DdW TIL that some dogs can smell changes in your heart rate.
MZpA TIL that several companies have started selling cannabis-laced coffee, claiming to give users an added “buzz” to their cup of joe