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wLXBY An almost sci-fi study published in Physical Review Letters by UC Berkeley postdoctoral fellow Peter Hintz and colleagues could mean that there are black holes out there that would be more like portals than gaping mouths of destruction — if you didn’t mind your entire past being erased and entering into infinite futures.
X04J6 TIL The average life span of a pet cat has risen from seven years in the early 1980s to fifteen years as of 2021.
OG8G6 TIL: The first quantitative estimate of the speed of light was done in 1676 by timing eclipses of Jupiter's Io.
oknL TIL: When filming Jaws 2, cast members were circled by actual hammerhead sharks. Because the scene called for the actors to yell for help, the crew did not immediately realize they were in danger.
7rrGp TIL if Mars' polar ice caps were to melt the entire planet would be covered in 11 meters (36 feet) of water