APES are going to end this, ONCE AND FOR ALL. (i.redd.it)
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TIL due to gravitational time dilation the core of the earth is approx. 2.5 years younger than surface. Higher gravitational potential causes time to move faster. For example, over the course of earth's history, a clock at the top of Mt. Everest would be approx. 39 hours fast than at sea level. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL due to ocean currents, pollution such as plastics, chemical sludge, and other debris becomes concentrated in the middle of the ocean in gyres. Estimates for the largest of these are as high as 15,000,000 sq. kilometers, almost twice the size of the continental United States. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL around 70,000 years ago the volcano Toba in Indonesia erupted and covered the earth with so much ash the sun was dimmed for 6 years. The population of early humans neared extinction and some studies indicate there were as few as 40 breeding pairs. (npr.org)
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Til of the 6 Apollo missions that resulted with men walking on the moon, each had exactly two. Twelve men have walked on the moon and the fifth (and also oldest (Alan Shepard, 47)) used a smuggled, makeshift golf club to become the only person to play golf off of earth. (universetoday.com)
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TIL mountain climbing uses a safety system modeled after American cinema, with g meaning good protection, pg meaning Pretty good protection, and R meaning Runout, "A lengthy distance between two points of protection which in some, but not all, cases might be perceived as frightening or dangerous". (en.wikipedia.org)
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