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TIL Flossing is basically pointless.

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RmL1 TIL in 1940 the incredible Antarctic Snow Cruiser was a behemoth vehicle designed to assist Adm. Perry’s Antarctic exploration but was a colossal failure as it could not operate in the snow. It was abandoned and its whereabouts is unknown.
X07vr TIL that an object's "Escape Velocity" (from any body of mass) is the same as the speed at which it would hit the ground if it were dropped from infinity (without external influence)
BryAy TIL there are two sizes of mattress bigger than the king: the Wyoming King and the Alaskan King
Z81NR TIL the purpose of menhirs, over 50,000 large man-made upright stones distributed across Europe, Asia and Africa, still remains unknown to archeologists.
enn4 TIL there is a company that is building solar roads, which can cheaply and effectively replace the power and communitcations grid.