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TIL that Astronomers Have Spotted Oldest and Most Distant Galaxy Ever Observed at 30 Billion Light Years Away

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kOJpB TIL the movie Top Gun had a production budget of only 15 million dollars
v19bj TIL that a fumi-e was a likeness of Jesus or Mary which the religious authorities of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan required suspected Christians to step on, in order to demonstrate that they were not members of the outlawed religion.
kJdQW TIL Sitting Bull was told to give a welcome speech to a new train line in Bismarck. Instead of giving the pre-written speech he said in his native language: “"I hate you. I hate all the white people. You are thieves and liars. You have taken away our land and made us outcasts."
M7mVm TIL of the "Bootes Void" in space. An area of 300 million light years that is almost completely Void of galaxies
Xy8X TIL there is a professional Indian cricketer named ‘Napoleon Einstein’ and when asked about his unusual name, said: “We don’t believe in God. In our family, we’re rationalists. Other people are named Krishna and Ram after Gods, so we were named Einstein and Napoleon after great people.”