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TIL scientists in California created eye drops that enable night vision up to 50 meters using a molecule found in deep sea fish

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rVn0 TIL in the United States any violent crime committed with a gun equipped with a suppressor has a minimum prison sentence of 30 years.
j64YM TIL that ITER is the nuclear fusion research project aimed to create energy through a fusion process similar to that of the Sun. Creating an artificial Sun, hoping to generate electricity has already been described as the most expensive science experiment of all time.
bjnZ TIL that the color used for “safety orange” was specifically chosen as it’s complimentary contrast color is that of the sky.
v1Nex TIL that if you folded a piece of paper 42 times, it would be thick enough to reach the moon. It would take just 23 folds for a .1-millimeter piece of paper to be one kilometer thick, and 30 folds for it to be thick enough to reach outer space (100,000 kilometers). With 51 you will burn in the Sun.
4kR4J TIL about Tammie Jo Shults, one of the first female fighter pilots to serve in the United States Navy. On April 17, 2018, Shults successfully landed Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 after an uncontained engine failure ruptured a hole in the aircraft midflight.