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TIL the sun is brighter than about 90% of the stars in the galaxy

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5YK1B TIL In 2004, German football club FC Union Berlin was facing bankruptcy and didn't have the €1.5 million deposit required to participate in the season. Their fans gave blood en masse and donated the money they got to save the club.
mn0x TIL that the shape of an Pringle is called »hyperbolic paraboloid«
5VLVk TIL of Margaret Beaufort, Henry VII’s mother, who capitalised on the political chaos of the Wars of the Roses & was instrumental in orchestrating the rise of the Tudors. Her efforts led to Henry's victory at Bosworth Field & continued to wield considerable political influence and personal autonomy
ylw TIL that followers of Native American Church can legally use, transport and possess peyote.
YpkdA TIL that 500,000 Papuans have been killed by the Indonesian military since 1969