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TIL that in 4 billion years, when the Milky Way galaxy collides with the Andromeda Galaxy, the distance between the stars will be so vast that none of the 1.3 trillion stars are expected to collide.

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9oAQ TIL Fears can be passed down to you from your parents and grandparents, just like all your other genetic traits.
5VQpQ TIL beneath the Puerto Rico Trench is a mass so dense it has a gravitational pull on the surface of the ocean, causing it to dip somewhat. The Trench is also associated with the most negative gravity anomaly on earth, -380 milliGal, which indicates the presence of an active downward force.
QgAp TIL in 1992, a mentally retarded man was executed, after having saved the dessert from his last meal for later.
vNor TIL Europe was called the “Far West” in the Far East
M0wK TIL that experienced meditators showed decreased activity in the areas of the brain linked to attention lapses, anxiety, ADHD, schizophrenia, autism, and Alzheimer’s disease.