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TIL a coal power plant gives off at least ten times more radiation than a nuclear power plant due to the elements in the ash.

by whatilearned January 15, 2023, 6:06 am

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TIL Planets that are called “ice giants” do not have to have a surface made out of ice or even be cold, but rather are giant planets consisting out of elements heavier than hydrogen or helium.

by whatilearned January 13, 2023, 12:40 am

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TIL American radiochemist Dawn Shaughnessy is responsible for the discovery of many elements on the periodic table. Her team at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory discovered superheavy elements with atomic numbers 114 to 118.

by whatilearned December 28, 2022, 9:03 pm

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TIL that elements of the ancient Mesopotamian religion (first formed in the 6th millennium BC) may have survived until the early 20th century. The Shamsīyah, a sect of sun-worshippers, persisted in southeastern Turkey (sometimes outwardly adopting Christian customs) until the early 1900s.

by whatilearned December 28, 2022, 3:25 pm

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TIL the Supreme Court established “the reindeer rule” determining that sufficient secular elements can counterbalance religious components in a public display, meaning that municipalities include reindeer in addition to religious holiday displays to avoid violating the First Amendment.

by whatilearned December 21, 2022, 2:26 pm

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TIL When Enrico Fermi first split an atom in 1934, it was completely by accident. He was actually trying to create new elements by hitting uranium with neutrons. It was only in 1938 that other scientists figured out what Fermi did.

by whatilearned December 12, 2022, 4:08 pm

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What four elements are you not allowed to bring to your job?

by cringeyjokesman November 19, 2022, 6:29 pm

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TIL that there is a genre called Retrowave which uses elements of 80s synth and marries it with modern production

by whatilearned November 18, 2022, 10:55 am

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TIL the inner planets of the solar system are made of rocky planets while the outer planets are made of gas is due to the high temperatures made only elements with high melting points stay closer to the sun. The other elements are vaporized and blasted further away where it is cooler.

by whatilearned October 5, 2022, 3:40 pm

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If we had to change our names to one of the elements in the periodic table, what would be yours?

by QuestionGuy September 24, 2022, 11:20 am

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TIL Liquid smoke is not just a flavoring, it is actual condensed smoke in liquid form. It still carries some anti-microbial properties of smoke and can be used to preserve things like live stock feed. It also lacks some carcinogenic elements of smoke like PAH (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons).

by whatilearned August 8, 2022, 7:37 am

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TIL Our Sun can make a total of 80 different elements: helium and then everything from carbon through polonium, but nothing heavier. For that, you need a supernova or a neutron star collision. Of all the types of naturally occurring elements here on Earth, the Sun can make about 90% of them.

by whatilearned July 12, 2022, 1:20 pm

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