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TIL Pressure differentials can trap and kill divers underwater

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d8LpK TIL the Sheriff of Hillsborough County Florida (which includes Tampa) has a son who was sentenced to two years in jail for attacking someone with a knife. The son is an aspiring rapper named Zchronik and his last song “Slash Yo Face” was played as evidence before the court.
awVGA TIL the girl who played Robin Williams' teenage daughter in Mrs. Doubtfire was kicked out of school for missing too many classes during filming. Robin Williams then wrote a letter to the principal 'respectfully requesting' he reconsider. She didn't get back in, but the school did frame the letter
QJW9p TIL the town of Nördlingen, Germany is embedded with millions of microscopic diamonds, a result of an asteroid, which struck the area some 15 million years ago.
b6rjZ TIL it seems that the Pythagorean theorem was already known before Pythagoras lived. In fact, it's used in a proof on a Babylonian clay tablet that's about 1,200 years older than Pythagoras.
yVrxM TIL that energy creation from fossil fuels is very inefficient and about 2/3 of the energy is wasted. In contrast, energy creation from renewable sources is very efficient. That's why we only feed to replace about 1/3 of the fossil fuels we use today by renewable energy.