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Today I learned about Time Crystals, discrete crystals that have a structure that repeats in time, causing them to resist entropy.

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R7Wbl TIL Sicilian feline, Vituzzo (aka Vito), is the first Italian cat to get prosthetic legs. After his hind legs were crushed by a car in Milan and had to be amputated, he got permanent leg implants spring-loaded with joints. (This comes on the heels of British cat Oscar, the 1st ever bionic cat).
DPdP TIL that using carbon nanotubes, Stanford engineers have created the first basic computer that operates faster and consumes less energy when compared to systems made from silicon chips (pic)
vK9D TIL that Winston Churchill required a pressurized chamber known as the Life Pod to fly due to his health. It included a phone, an ashtray and an air circulation system so he could smoke.
7B6b TIL that 43% of Americans want to criminalize playing in a park alone for children 12 and younger.
VBXDk TIL the 1988 Camelford Water Disaster was the UK's worst mass poisoning event. Twenty tonnes of aluminium sulphate was accidentally added to the water supply, leading thousands to become sick. Inquests on people who died many years later found very high levels of aluminium in the brain.