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TIL Isaac Newton’s Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica is regarded by many as the greatest scientific contribution of all time. Despite its reputation, relatively few readers, including professional scientists and mathematicians, have actually read the Principia

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b6k8Z TIL: It takes more power, to power the clock on a microwave then to cook food.
AD5Wl TIL In 1986, two Pakistani brothers based in Lahore wrote one of the world’s first PC computer virus to protect their program from piracy. When the virus got to the hands of American researchers, it spawned an entirely new breed of software, the anti-virus program.
XVQX TIL that scientists with the University of Rochester have figured out how to manipulate light into moving at what they think to be negative speeds.
e0rdb TIL In 1958 nuclear weapons were proposed as a tool for petroleum extraction. The plan was to detonate 100 nuclear bombs in the Alberta Oil Sands, thus adding heat and decreasing viscosity, the bitumen could then be easily pumped out. The project was put on hiatus due to risk of Soviet espionage.
X0GR TIL that nearly the entire student body and faculty of Ole Miss joined the Confederate Army during the Civil War, and suffered a 100% casualty rate.