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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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R7M54 TIL that in 2016 pregnant British mum Jessica Stubbins paused in the hospital vestibule and delivered her own baby in less than 60 seconds while her husband parked their car.
7888X TIL Shit Life Syndrome (SLS) is a term that has been used by doctors in the United Kingdom and the United States to describe the effect that a variety of adverse socioeconomic factors can have on patients.
ADXal TIL Herding dogs, like border collies and Australian cattle dogs, are very intelligent. They also have very strong working instincts, which may compel them to “work” at home by herding family members or other animals. This behavior may include chasing, nipping and barking.
kg1e TIL Lucille Ball saved Star Trek from being cancelled in 1964.
0dw6R TIL about the Banquet of Blood, an 8th century banquet during which the Abbasids wiped out 80 members of the preceding Umayyads. The dying and dead were covered with a leather carpet and the meal proceeded.