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TIL that in 250 million years all continents on our planet will converge and form a new supercontinent, Pangea Ultima. This may also lead to a climate tipping point and Earth becoming uninhabitable for mammals.

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oow8 TIL in 2006 an Australian man tried to sell New Zealand on eBay with the starting price $0.01
nZp7 TIL Scientists recently discovered that some of the most powerful “space winds” in the universe, blowing at 125 million mph from black holes could be killing galaxies.
pY7Q8 TIL Georg Cantor, the mathematician who came up with the idea that 'infinity has different sizes', was rejected by most of his contemporaries for his ideas and, as a result, suffered from chronic depression. He had to be confined to various sanatoria until the end of his life.
QJOvX TIL of "scent branding" and how businesses pump custom scents into their buildings. Nike's signature scent was reportedly inspired by the smell of a rubber basketball sneaker as it scrapes across the court and a soccer cleat in grass and dirt.
a6MZ TIL there is a bacteria that literately excretes pure gold