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TIL that a placebo pill can work even when you know it’s a placebo

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neBv9 TIL In 2000, one of the worst peacetime submarines accidents ever took place off the coast of Russia. A huge explosion sank the giant nuclear-powered submarine Kursk, killing most of its crew and stranding nearly two dozen survivors hundreds of feet underwater.
E4rd TIL Bob Barker is Macklemore’s step grandfather
m1nKy TIL about the Abiotic Petroleum Theory, which explains that hydrocarbons could generate in the mantle and then migrate through deep faults to Earth's crust (in addition to biological processes).
R5ZkQ TIL that the Mid-Ocean Ridge is the longest mountain range on Earth and 90% of it is under the ocean. This system of mountains and valleys criss-crosses the globe and is formed by the movement of the tectonic plates.
vPmLL TIL raindrops don't actually fall in a teardrop shape. Air resistance flattens them into a hamburger bun shape as they fall!