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TIL that hospitals in the US report a 24% spike in heart attack visits due to patients getting one hour less of sleep when switching to daylight saving time

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6pnl TIL the song “Cotton Eyed Joe” predates Tchaikovsky and the US Civil War.
JYbdQ TIL that Ivory soap floats because it’s whipped with tiny air bubbles that make it less dense than water. An employee had accidentally left a batch of soap to mix while for too long while he was on lunch break and the rest is history.
b9Eo4 TIL that the Irish Famine of 1740-41, or 'the Year of Slaughter', killed between 13-20% of the population, proportionally more than the later Great Famine.
eQOJ TIL while it’s only impossible to go faster than the speed of light in a vacuum, it’s definitely possible for some things to go faster than light in air or water, and when they do, the air or water starts to glow blue
rRvAo TIL NASA has online 3D models of all of the planets in our solar system, as well as several moons, probes, and the ISS.