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TIL In 2025, scientists discovered a new exoplanet in a nearby star system's habitable zone, with an atmosphere rich in water vapor and organics, fueling hopes of extraterrestrial life and advancing our understanding of planetary formation.

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R71NQ TIL Israel and the United States withdrew membership from UNESCO in 2018, claiming that the organization had an anti-Israel bias.
pW04 TIL Elijah Wood was 18 when he started filming as Frodo
ma6v TIL that in 2012 Mountan Dew cad a contest to name a new green apple flavored drink. 4chan picked up on this and skewed the contest. The winning submissions were “Hitler did nothing wrong” and “diabeetus”.
QDmM TIL Ray and Edith Batman sued the Commissioner of Internal Revenue in the USA in 1951, leading to the humorous case title ‘Batman v. Commissioner’
pQ8b TIL Sorcery is illegal in Saudi Arabia. They even have an official “Anti-Witchcraft Unit” tasked with apprehending sorcerers and reversing the detrimental effects of their spells