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TIL: what it means to measure immortality (sometimes called "lifespan") of an electron, in experiment that failed to disprove immortality assumption, but has offered its minimum lifespan at 66,000 yottayears, which is more than five-quintillion times the current age of the Universe

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LkWo9 TIL that during the filming of 'The Longest Day' a tank from the actual invasion of Normandy was found buried in the sand since D-Day. The tank was cleaned up and used in the film.
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xVXP5 TIL The Patron Saint of Poland is called The Black Madonna. Her skin his discolored due to centuries of lights and candles being burnt in front of it.
X0pMX TIL: when Bob Dylan was touring Scotland in 1966. A waiter arrived at the hotel room they were staying at. Then shouted Fk him" and “you’re a fking traitor to folk music” and pulled out a knife. But he was disarmed by Dylan’s bodyguard.