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TIL There’s actually more energy in one cubic metre of space due to the Higgs field than the Sun outputs in 1,000 years

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XEVwR TIL that up to 80% of the USA's cash carries detectable amounts of cocaine
loGrN TIL A gorilla carried a 3-year-old boy to safety after he fell into an enclosure at the Brookfield Zoo. The Gorilla, named Binti Jua, gently carried the child to a safe place to protect him from the other gorillas. The boy suffered a broken hand and cuts to his face.
P19Ww TIL in South Korea, military members (mandatory for all male citizens) found to be homosexual through a psychology test can either be institutionalized or dishonorably discharged
GYEAg TIL "hermetically sealed" is named after Hermes Trismegistus who was into alchemy and supposedly found a way to make a glass tube air tight.
yQeYJ TIL Marijuana and Hops are of the same biological family, Cannabinaceae. This is why some beers might taste/smell somewhat like cannabis.