New nano carbon filter removes 99% of heavy metals from contaminated water. One gram of the material is enough to filter 83,000 liters of water to World Health Organization standards.

A pirating service for academic journal articles could bring down the whole establishment

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[Advice] How and Why I developed a habit of productivity in my free time

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TIL the number of cricket chirps in 14 seconds plus 40 equals the temperature in Farenheit.

Watch this after you smoke. You won't be disappointed. A seven-minute silent film that will help you conquer your fears and travel the world. He made a film while travelling alone 30 cities in Europe for 3 months. The scenes were filmed by passers-by willing to help him. His first trip to life.

New breakthrough discovery—every quantum particle travels backwards

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TIL An Israeli team of researchers invented a breathalyzer that can detect 17 different diseases, including two types of Parkinson's, Crohn's, multiple sclerosis, kidney disease, and cancers including lung cancer, colorectal cancer, prostate cancer, and ovarian cancer.

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'A.I. is an industry in which strength begets strength: The more data you have, the better your product; the better your product, the more data you can collect; the more data you can collect, the more talent you can attract; the more talent you can attract, the better your product.

TIL the overwhelming urge to jump from high places is called 'The Call of the Void

TIL that one of the two daggers buried with King Tutankhamen was made out of meteorite.

TIL there is a 99.26% correlation (r=0.992558) between divorce rates in Maine and the per capita consumption of margarine.

TIL crows are capable of forming close bonds with people. When an 8 year old girl left food out on a bird feeder, the crows would leave trinkets like earrings, hearts, and a 'best friend' charm in return.

Nesting aids make agricultural fields attractive for bees

Our backcountry campsite came with chanterelles and wild blueberries

TIL that in Russia, there is a monument to honor laboratory mice that have lost their lives furthering scientific research.

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What is the name of this cracked egg flower mushroom?

TIL you only need 40 digits of pi to calculate the circumference of the observable universe to a margin of error of 1 hydrogen atom

My dad and I started restoring vintage audio equipment this summer, so I made us a business card / logo.

Found out about Pixel sorting. Had to give it a go.

TIL of miracle fruit, a berry from west Africa. After eating the fruit all sour foods will taste sweet for 30 minutes. The effect is caused by the chemical miraculin , and the berry was original used to sweeten wine.

Earth's Tectonic Activity May Be Crucial for Life -- and Rare in Our Galaxy

TIL About banner blindness, a phenomen where web users subconciously ignore information on webpages from ad-like banners.

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An evolutionary biologist at the University of Houston has published new calculations that indicate no more than 25% of the human genome is functional.