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TIL that Gravitational Wave detectors are so precise that they could detect a human hair's width worth change in length between the distance of Sun and Proxima Centauri, which is about 4.24 light-years!

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5V0ak TIL Pinkerton detective agency, the main antagonists is Red Dead redemption 2, are a real company founded in 1850 that still exists today, and they tried to sue Rockstar games for copyright infringement for using their name. Companies like Amazon and Starbucks have used Pinkerton for union busting
PYOPg TIL we perceive things as cute because of certain child-like traits that trigger a nurturing instinct. These traits include head-to-body ratio, eye and ear placement, smaller mouths, and rounder soft bodies.
m1YOO TIL Following World War One Canada sent 799 body parts extracted from soldiers back to Canada to be part of a museum. The museum was never built, instead the organs became teaching aids at McGill University before being destroyed around 1960.
8exxP TIL that in Maoiri folklore, in an attempt to give humans immortality, Maui died after turning into a worm and getting bitten in half by the teeth of a goddess' vagina
4WpJ TIL that The Roots were nearly fired from Late Night with Jimmy Fallon for playing “Lyin’ Ass Bitch” as Michele Bachmanns intro song. As a result, all walk on songs now need to be cleared with NBC.