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TIL that strong evidence points to a black hole at the center of our own, and most other galaxies.

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XEdYr TIL A copy of the death warrant for King Charles I is permanently on display in the British Monarch’s robing room to remind them of the consequences of interfering with Parliament
lMRG TIL that the word “junkie” originates from the 1920’s when drug addicts stole scrap metal to fund their addiction.
1a9YW TIL in 2017, a man in Texas purchased a working Sherman tank and parked it outside his house. After sending a “sternly worded letter” and realizing that they couldn’t tow the vehicle, the local HOA began issuing parking tickets on the tank. The owner left it there for two more weeks out of spite.
gD7X TIL that because babies listen to the languages spoken around them while still in the womb, they develop distinctive cries that reflect this when they’re born. Thus - babies cry with an accent, making it possible to distinguish a French baby from a German baby, based purely on the way they cry.
9JA6 TIL In his final year at Oxford, Stephen Hawking went to see a doctor after falling down some stairs and felt he was becoming more clumsy, but the only advice he got was “lay off the beer”