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TIL: The South Pole is much colder than the North Pole

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yVAll TIL: The oldest wig in the world was found in an Egyptian burial site dating back to 3400 BC. The Egyptians used it to reduce incidences of head lice and protect the scalp from the sun.
rRNd4 To strain out the nasty stuff we breathe in. It’s like an air filter in your house, says Justin Turner, an otolaryngologist (short, sort of, for otorhinolaryngologist, Greek for ear (oto), nose (rhino), and throat (laryng)) at Stanford University. Nose hairs trap dirt, viruses, bacteria and toxins until we blow them out, sneeze, or swallow.
jX4E TIL the Irish word “bhfaighidh” is one syllable.
X98r TIL that more than 1,000 experts, including Stephen Hawking, Elon Musk and Steve Wozniak, have signed an open letter urging a global ban on AI weapons systems
kJ6x5 TIL The Apollo Mission Control Center at NASA Johnson Space Center was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1985. NASA and National Park Service restored it to the exact moment the 1969 Moon landing took place where controllers celebrated with their cigars