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Aug 2, 2021

TIL 38- Overlooked Female Legend

Today I learned about Chien-Shiung Wu, one of the most overlooked pioneers of 20th-century Physics. …

Today I Learned

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TIL 38- Overlooked Female Legend
TIL 38- Overlooked Female Legend

Jul 31, 2021

TIL 37: Patriotic Marketers

Today I learned that the term ‘military grade’, used by a lot of firms to categorize the material they use in making their products, is actually just a clever marketing ploy. …

Today I Learned

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Jul 27, 2021

TIL 36: Unstoppable Forces and Immovable Objects

Today I learned, that in 1999, Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down light to 17 meters per second and in 2001, was able to stop light completely. So what does it mean? To stop light? The answer lies in an element called Bose-Einstein condensate. Think of a…

Today I Learned

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TIL 36: Unstoppable Forces and Immovable Objects
TIL 36: Unstoppable Forces and Immovable Objects

Jul 26, 2021

TIL 35: “What’s your electricity bill this summer? Mine’s zero.”

Today I learned that MIT created a system that provides cooling with no electricity whatsoever. It was tested in a blazing hot Chilean desert and achieved a cooling of 13C compared to the hot surroundings How did it do that? The answer lies in a material called aerogel. Aerogel is…

Today I Learned

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Jul 25, 2021

TIL 34: Playing long-term games

In 1969, Norway struck oil. One of the world’s largest offshore oilfields was discovered in Norway. This is was a huge deal. Prior to this, the only natural resource Norway had was its fisheries. Being an oil-rich country could do wonders for its economy. But Norway had a long-term vision…

Today I Learned

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TIL 34: Playing long-term games
TIL 34: Playing long-term games

Jul 23, 2021

TIL 33: Building a better path

Norway hires sherpas from Nepal to build paths in the Norwegian mountains. They’ve helped them complete over 300 projects over there, and their pay for one summer equals somewhere around 30 years of work in Nepal. Sherpas are extremely skilled mountain guides who can navigate up and down a single…

Today I Learned

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Jul 22, 2021

TIL 32: Going the distance

Thor Heyerdahl was a Norwegian explorer and writer. In the 1940s, Heyerdahl had a belief that early Pre-Columbian South Americans would have traveled all the way to Polynesia- a group of Islands in the South Pacific triangulating the Hawaiian Islands in the North, New Zealand borders, and Rapa- Nui also…

Today I Learned

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Jul 20, 2021

TIL 31: Plants to the rescue

Ever heard of Plant-based plastics? These are essentially plastics derived from plant oil rather than conventional fossil-fuel-based plastics. German chemists have developed two of these sustainable plant-based plastic alternatives to high-density polyethylene. …

Today I Learned

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Jul 19, 2021

TIL 30: ‘V’ for Strategy

Have you ever wondered why geese (and some other birds) fly in a ‘V’ shaped formation? The answer lies in bicycle riding strategies. You might’ve seen ‘Tour de France’ riders on TV at some point. If you look closely, the pelotons (main group of cyclists) in these races ride forming…

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TIL 30: ‘V’ for Strategy
TIL 30: ‘V’ for Strategy

Jul 17, 2021

TIL 29: What doesn’t kill makes you a multinational company

Today I learned that Toyota led to the creation of Honda, their rival. So the story goes, Soichiro Honda was a mechanic at a garage whose job was to tune cars and prepare them for races. Honda founded a Piston ring company called Tokai Seiki in 1937 and landed Toyota…

Now I Know

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